What are some trust worthy, reputable, websites that offer great deals, as well great diversity/variety/assortment, on things like breadboards, capacitors, transistors, resistors, switches, digital and analog components, etc...?

I am familiar with Digi-key and Radioshack, however, I wish to expand my parts providers and hopefully find more competitive rates as well as hard to find items.

Thanks!

2/2/2010 10:12:27 PM

mouser
jameco
allied electronics
newark
mcmaster carr

some of the main distributors i use

2/2/2010 10:18:13 PM

newark and blackbox are the first two that come to mind. you might need a commercial account, but i'm pretty sure both make credit card sales.

2/2/2010 10:19:29 PM

http://sparkfun.com

2/2/2010 10:49:46 PM

ebay

seriously


I built a UV exposure box with stripboard sourced out of the UK and UV LEDs sourced out of China.

Both were significantly cheaper (with cheaper shipping) than I was finding at the traditional distributors.

Also, never underestimate the free sample capabilities of some of the vendors.

2/2/2010 11:10:09 PM

I typically use allied electronics or newark here at work

2/3/2010 8:52:08 AM

Good to hear about allied. I have to procure some rather obscure Vishay resistors that none of Digikey, mouser, farnell, or newark stock and Allied happens to have them. Just haven't put the PO through for them yet.

2/3/2010 5:27:35 PM

doesn't fry's sell stuff like that? From what I remember from going into one they had aisles and aisles dedicated to it.

2/3/2010 5:51:33 PM

Mouser has always been my favorite.

Thier print catalog is the only one I really keep.

2/3/2010 7:47:25 PM

Fry's is good if you're in a bind and need it RIGHT now, but ridiculously expensive as compared to a real supply house. I mean like 10 dollar bucks vs 10 cents.

2/3/2010 10:23:24 PM

^depends. The little I've seen they are pretty much the same price as digi-key on small quantity (not saying much, because digi-key is fuck all expensive too, but still not getting raped like radioshack).

vendor samples FTW

2/4/2010 12:22:07 AM

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"Also, never underestimate the free sample capabilities of some of the vendors."

I've got a fucking closet full of Samtec cables and TI components!

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2/4/2010 9:09:04 PM

Everything joenumbers listed +1

I can't get over how much random but useful shit I find for our company's special projects that are in stock at McMaster.

2/5/2010 10:02:00 PM