Components

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Contents 1 Components 1.1 Major part distributors 1.2 Specialty distributors 1.3 Surplus Parts 2 Printed Circuit Boards 2.1 PCB Fabrication

[edit] Components

[edit] Major part distributors

• Digikey - Great search engine and typically the best prices. Use USPS First Class for cheap and fast shipping (~$3, 2 days) anywhere within the U.S.A.
• Mouser - Wide selection, excellent website, generally higher prices.
• Newark
• Jameco - limited selection, moderate-to-low quality, low price
• Sure Electronics - low price, assortments, ships from China

[edit] Specialty distributors

• SparkFun - Good source for prototyping kits and common components
• Futurlec - Low prices on assorted packs for starting your own electrons workshop
• United Nuclear - X-ray tubes, High Voltage Power Supplies, Geiger-Mueller tubes, Nuclear samples, Pyrotechnic Chemicals, other things normally hard to get in small quantities.

[edit] Surplus Parts

• Surplus Sales of Nebraska - Bigger, more industrial type surplus
• All Electronics - Assorted surplus, video camera, power supplies
• Alltronics - Assorted surplus, older stuff generally, some New-old-stock, Military
• American Science and Surplus - Lots of educational stuff, enclosures, optics, gears, lab glassware, some surplus electronics assemblies

[edit] Printed Circuit Boards

[edit] PCB Fabrication

• General PCB manufacturing information
• Sierra Proto Express - Quick turn prototypes in any quantity for a good price
• Gold Phoenix - Good rate on multiproject panels