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\nis the kind full of TOYS (or, well, toy parts).<\/p>\n
\nis the kind full of TOYS (or, well, toy parts).<\/p>\n
This order has some bits and bobs (optoisolators, limit switches, etc.) for the never-ending milling machine project, a couple spiffchorders<\/a> worth of parts (more on that later), and some spare ATMega328s, because they seem to be a universal solution to “medium” microcontrollers. <\/p>\n This is the first time I’ve made a personal order through Newark<\/a>, their “We won’t tell you exactly how much this will cost to ship until you’ve agreed to pay” policy is more than a little customer-unfriendly for small orders, and their website is the furthest thing from user friendly… I AM an electrical engineer, and picking what I want there is a challenge. I made a couple mistakes in this order: I grabbed 15.24 mm (as opposed to 7.62 mm) 28pin DIP sockets (just not reading), and apparently not all 12×12mm MCDTS2 switches can accept the caps described as “Switch Cap; For Use With:12×12mm MCDTS2 Series of Multicomp Tactile Switches; ” because the ones I ordered sure as hell don’t have attachment points for the covers like the picture in the datasheet. <\/p>\n Otherwise, very satisfied. Low price, massive selection, and fast ship. I think I’ll add them to the list. For the curious, my parts usually come from DigiKey<\/a>, Sparkfun<\/a>, and AllTronics<\/a>, which are broad, easy, and cheap respectively, although other vendors don’t have the cachet of the little red Sparkfun boxes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" is the kind full of TOYS (or, well, toy parts). This order has some bits and bobs (optoisolators, limit switches, etc.) for the never-ending milling machine project, a couple spiffchorders worth of parts (more on that later), and some spare … Continue reading