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Monday, 28 November 2011

Electronic Suppliers

There are so many electronic suppliers out there, the problem is which one should you choose? Hopefully this post will help you decide. I constantly find myself visiting Maplin stores. However thair range of electrical components is lacking. I tend to keep away from Digi-key as they never have what I want. My favourite is RS Components as they have an extreemly wide selection of components.  If you need a very unique item then this is your best bet. I also recently descovered sparkfun. This is amazing if you are working on PIC, PICAXE or somthing similar. I recently perchaced a load of components for the iPod. This was really helpfull.

So which one should I choose?
It is really  up to you and it depends on what you are doing. Sparkfun is a little pricy on P+P where as RS conponents doesn't deal with iPod and similar DEV packs.

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