cheapest electronics

[R.Spinks]

I have a book full of various projects to build that I'd like to try. I have
basically no electronics at home - a few caps and resistors ... but not
much. Where is the best place to get electronics on line (radio shack has
nothing). Also -- is it better to buy a 'grab bag' full of stuff off the
likes of Ebay to start a home inventory and then order the stuff I don't get
lucky to get on line from some other source?

 

[Jonathan Kirwan]

On 22 Jun 2005 14:05:11 -0700, "Fred Stevens" <fred.stevens@ieee.org>
wrote:

Your first stop should be Digikey.

At www.digikey.com.

There's a small store near the corner of Scott and Walsh in Santa
Clara called Anchor, I think, that sells some nice packages of
electronics in hobbyist sizes.

http://www.demoboard.com/anchor.htm

When I fly to that area, I will sometimes visit and look around. And
buy some things, too.

Also, there is Mouser electronics at www.mouser.com (big catalog, like
Digikey), BG Micro (smaller, some one-off sales) at www.bgmicro.com,
Allied Electronics at www.alliedelec.com, and I'm sure you'll see
others mentioned. No one of them is always better than another, on
the issue of price. You will have to just shop a bit. Of course,
EBay is another possible source, if you have an idea what you are
looking for and know the value of it.

Jon

 

[R.Spinks]

"Jonathan Kirwan" <jkirwan@easystreet.com> wrote in message
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On 22 Jun 2005 14:05:11 -0700, "Fred Stevens" <fred.stevens@ieee.org
wrote:

Your first stop should be Digikey.

At www.digikey.com.

There's a small store near the corner of Scott and Walsh in Santa
Clara called Anchor, I think, that sells some nice packages of
electronics in hobbyist sizes.

http://www.demoboard.com/anchor.htm

When I fly to that area, I will sometimes visit and look around. And
buy some things, too.

Also, there is Mouser electronics at www.mouser.com (big catalog, like
Digikey), BG Micro (smaller, some one-off sales) at www.bgmicro.com,
Allied Electronics at www.alliedelec.com, and I'm sure you'll see
others mentioned. No one of them is always better than another, on
the issue of price. You will have to just shop a bit. Of course,
EBay is another possible source, if you have an idea what you are
looking for and know the value of it.

Jon

Thanks to you both.

 

[ehsjr]

R.Spinks wrote:

I have a book full of various projects to build that I'd like to try. I have
basically no electronics at home - a few caps and resistors ... but not
much. Where is the best place to get electronics on line (radio shack has
nothing). Also -- is it better to buy a 'grab bag' full of stuff off the
likes of Ebay to start a home inventory and then order the stuff I don't get
lucky to get on line from some other source?

In addition to the other answers you got:
http://www.allelectronics.com/
http://www.goldmine-elec.com/default.htm
http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=-1

Ed

 

[fengjianqing]

What do you want? You can send me a sheet. Then I can help you.

 

[Rich Grise]

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:46:28 -0400, R.Spinks wrote:

I have a book full of various projects to build that I'd like to try. I
have basically no electronics at home - a few caps and resistors ... but
not much. Where is the best place to get electronics on line (radio shack
has nothing). Also -- is it better to buy a 'grab bag' full of stuff off
the likes of Ebay to start a home inventory and then order the stuff I
don't get lucky to get on line from some other source?

For the _cheapest_ electronics you can get, troll the dumpsters in
tony neighborhoods and industrial parks. ;-)

Good Luck!
Rich

 

[Linh Hoang]

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:57:14 GMT, Jonathan Kirwan
<jkirwan@easystreet.com> wrote:

On 22 Jun 2005 14:05:11 -0700, "Fred Stevens" <fred.stevens@ieee.org
wrote:

Your first stop should be Digikey.

At www.digikey.com.

There's a small store near the corner of Scott and Walsh in Santa
Clara called Anchor, I think, that sells some nice packages of
electronics in hobbyist sizes.

http://www.demoboard.com/anchor.htm

When I fly to that area, I will sometimes visit and look around. And
buy some things, too.

Also, there is Mouser electronics at www.mouser.com (big catalog, like
Digikey), BG Micro (smaller, some one-off sales) at www.bgmicro.com,
Allied Electronics at www.alliedelec.com, and I'm sure you'll see
others mentioned. No one of them is always better than another, on
the issue of price. You will have to just shop a bit. Of course,
EBay is another possible source, if you have an idea what you are
looking for and know the value of it.

Jon

yup santa clara has a bunch of stores. basically you just walk in a
big warehouse of junks. some stuff are cheaps other are expensive. eg.
17crt monitor for 30 bucks. a small speaker for 25cents.

 

[Fred Stevens]

Your first stop should be Digikey.