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[Electronics] Recomendations for grab-bags/assortment packs of components

  • 10-09-2010 05:41PM
    #1
    Eliot Rosewater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭


    Sorry for the two threads in one week. I'm getting addicted to electronics and I can't hold back. :D

    What I'm looking for is a lucky bag of loads of different components (capacitors, transistors, pots, leds etc etc etc). I saw this on Jameco, but delivery/customs/charges to Ireland rule it out completely. I couldn't find anything similar on Farnell and Maplin.

    Any recommendations? :)


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  • #2
    Gurgle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭Gurgle


    Those mixed sets aren't really much use, you just get a jumble of stuff at 10 times the normal price and you won't use a tenth of it.

    I'd recommend an hour on Farnell picking a few of these and a couple of those to put your own bag together.


  • #3
    Eliot Rosewater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭Eliot Rosewater


    Cool; I'll do that instead! I suppose I'll have to look into technical details of parts though. I was looking at transistors and I found some cheaper than 2c (http://ie.farnell.com/fairchild-semiconductor/bc547bta/transistor-npn/dp/1504818). Surely there's some catch?


  • #4
    Gurgle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭Gurgle


    Eliot Rosewater wrote: »
    Surely there's some catch?
    Nope, they're made by the hundreds of millions so they're just damn cheap.


  • #5
    ikb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭ikb


    Try radionics also.http://radionics.rs-online.com/web/
    They often have stuff on the shelf (They are in Rialto) and are a useful price comparison.


  • #6
    Eliot Rosewater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭Eliot Rosewater


    ikb wrote: »
    Try radionics also.http://radionics.rs-online.com/web/

    Cheers for that. I'm going to go with Farnell, because it's cheaper, but Radionics do send some things to Cork that Farnell don't, like 7 segment displays, so I'll buy a few things there!


    So far I'm planning to buy: 25 LEDs, capacitors, 1 pot, 2 dip switches, button switches, 70 transistors, 50 diodes, 2 555 timers, a buzzer, voltage regulator, another breadboard and 2 of each logic gate dip packages.

    As you may guess, I approach electronics from a computer and maths background. :)


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