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Revision as of 09:28, 19 July 2010
In no particular order except for the broad categories, a list of places that sell stuff that is relevant to our interests. Personal experience of these, good or bad, would be useful on the discussion page.
London retail or trade counter
- RS has most things, more professional. 4 trade counters, including Bow.
- Cricklewood Electronics A real shop, with little drawers of stuff & everything.
- Maplin chain, more hobbyist. Getting really poor at actual components.
- Cool Components Sparkfun stuff. Personal callers now allowed by appointment.
London-based, primarily mail order
(not known whether personal calling is allowed)
- Earthshine Arduinos and other parts
- skpeng
Mail order
- Farnell has everything, more professional. Owns CPC and Newark.
- Rapid mix of stuff. Colchester.
- tinker.it
- Amazon (next-day with Russ's Amazon Prime account) - equipment is often cheaper
- Bits Box
- Barend Hendriksen Holland. Interesting RF parts.
- Keytronics Obsolete IC supplier mail order, can also be found at radio rallies.
Classified ads and junk sales
- engineering machinery , materials and small ads
- amateur radio rallies have lots of interesting junk and random components
eBay
sellers we have actual experience of and received good service from
- syringes (artag)
- soldering equipment (artag)
