Project: Electronics Bash - #19- Fantastic Parts and Where to Find Them


How do you find just the right part for your electronics project? What even is the right part? And where can you find it? This week, we'll be exploring a to of electronics suppliers, from those who focus on hobbyist materials to professional electronics vendors,. We'll look at the various product lines, Arduino variants, sensor families, and so on that they bring to the market, so you can find the best parts for you.

Topics Include:

  • Hobbyist Suppliers
  • Overseas Internet Suppliers
  • Warehouse Suppliers
  • Professional Hardware Suppliers
  • Professional Parts Suppliers

The big list of all the links from this episode is below!

Big List of Links

Hobby Electronics

Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

SparkFun Electronics

Evil Mad Scientist

Pololu Robotics and Electronics

Arduino Official Store | Boards Shields Kits Accessories

Radio Control Planes, Drones, Cars, FPV, Quadcopters and more - Hobbyking

Seeed Studio Bazaar, The IoT Hardware enabler.

Adafruit - Arduino

Boards : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit METRO 328 - Arduino Compatible - with Headers [ATmega328] ID:
2488 - $17.50 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Compatibles : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit - Gemma/Flora

Flora & Gemma : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit GEMMA M0 - Miniature wearable electronic platform ID: 3501 - $9.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

FLORA - Wearable electronic platform: Arduino-compatible [v3] ID: 659 - $14.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit - Trinket

Trinkets : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit Trinket - Mini Microcontroller - 5V Logic ID: 1501 - $6.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit Metro Mini 328 - Arduino-Compatible - 5V 16MHz ID: 2590 - $12.50 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit Trinket M0 - for use with CircuitPython & Arduino IDE ID: 3500 - $8.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit - Particle

Particle : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Particle Boron LTE - nRF52840 with Mesh and LTE Cellular Modem ID: 3998 - $55.00 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Particle Argon - nRF52840 with Mesh and WiFi ID: 3997 - $27.50 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Particle Photon without Headers ID: 2722 - $19.00 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit - Feather

Feather : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Boards : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit Feather 328P - Atmega328P 3.3V @ 8 MHz ID: 3458 - $12.50 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit Feather 32u4 Bluefruit LE ID: 2829 - $29.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit Feather nRF52840 Express ID: 4062 - $24.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Wings : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

FeatherWing Proto - Prototyping Add-on For All Feather Boards ID: 2884 - $4.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit Ethernet FeatherWing ID: 3201 - $19.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit Power Relay FeatherWing ID: 3191 - $9.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

FeatherWing Doubler - Prototyping Add-on For All Feather Boards ID: 2890 - $7.50 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit - Microbit/CLUE

micro:bit Add-ons & Compatibles : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

BBC micro:bit ID: 3530 - $14.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit CLUE - nRF52840 Express with Bluetooth LE ID: 4500 - $39.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

KittenBot Meowbit - Codable Console for MakeCode Arcade ID: 4324 - $39.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit - Circuit Playground

Circuit Playground : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Circuit Playground Express ID: 3333 - $24.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Circuit Playground Classic ID: 3000 - $19.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Circuit Playground Bluefruit - Bluetooth Low Energy ID: 4333 - $24.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Short Wire Alligator Clip Test Lead (set of 12) ID: 1592 - $3.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Small Alligator Clip to Male Jumper Wire Bundle - 6 Pieces ID: 3448 - $3.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Circuit Playground Express - Base Kit ID: 3517 - $29.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Overview | Adafruit Circuit Playground Express | Adafruit Learning System

Adafruit - Shields

Shields : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit Wave Shield for Arduino Kit [v1.1] ID: 94 - $22.00 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

2.8 TFT Touch Shield for Arduino with Resistive Touch Screen ID: 1651 - $34.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

LCD Shield Kit w/ 16x2 Character Display - Only 2 pins used! [BLUE AND WHITE] ID: 772 - $19.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit NeoPixel Shield for Arduino - 40 RGB LED Pixel Matrix ID: 1430 - $27.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit 2.7 Tri-Color eInk / ePaper Shield with SRAM [Red Black White] ID: 4229 - $39.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Connectors

Search : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

STEMMA JST PH 3-Pin to Male Header Cable - 200mm ID: 3893 - $1.25 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

STEMMA Wired Tactile Push-Button Pack - 5 Color Pack ID: 4431 - $7.50 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

SparkFun STEMMA QT / Qwiic Adapter ID: 4527 - $1.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

SparkFun Qwiic / STEMMA QT HAT for Raspberry Pi ID: 4688 - $7.50 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

SparkFun Qwiic / Stemma QT FeatherWing (Shield for Thing Plus) ID: 4515 - $4.95 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

SparkFun Qwiic or Stemma QT SHIM for Raspberry Pi / SBC ID: 4463 - $1.50 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Qwiic Connect System - SparkFun Electronics

SparkFun RedBoard Qwiic - DEV-15123 - SparkFun Electronics

SparkFun Thing Plus - XBee3 Micro (Chip Antenna) - WRL-15454 - SparkFun Electronics

What is STEMMA? | Adafruit STEMMA & STEMMA QT | Adafruit Learning System

101 Qwiic Boards - News - SparkFun Electronics

Pro Hardware

McMaster-Carr

Grainger Industrial Supply - MRO Products, Equipment & Tools

Pro Componnets

DigiKey Electronics - Electronic Components Distributor

Electronic Components Distributor - Mouser Electronics

Electronic Components, Supplies, and Accessories at Newark

Electronic Components Distributor | JLCPCB & EasyEDA Parts Online store - LCSC.COM

FindChips: Electronic Components, Distributor Inventories, Datasheets

Datasheets, Electronic Parts, Components, Search - Octopart

Overseas Supplies

AliExpress - интернет-магазин электроники, модных новинок, товаров для дома и сада, игрушек, товаров для спорта, автотоваров и многого другого | АлиЭкспресс

Banggood: Online Shopping for RC Cars, 3D Printer, Apparel & Home Decors

Alibaba.com: Manufacturers, Suppliers, Exporters & Importers from the world's largest online B2B marketplace

Ray wu's store

Warehouse Suppliers

All Electronics | Electronic and Electro-Mechanical Parts and Supplies at Discount Prices

Electronic Goldmine

Jameco Electronics - Electronic Components Distributor

BGMicro Electronics - Parts, Kits, Projects, Surplus, DIY, Hobby

Hobby Electronics