Arrow Electronics having 50-75% off mostly NRND and obsolete components/hardware - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: cosrologist
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: November 20, 2024, 10:46:45 am
content: Got an email from Arrow Electronics US listing 30,000+ catalog items for quite a bit off. There's some pretty cheap stuff that's still useful.For example: CUI Brand AC/DC power supply, VGS-100c-5, AC/DC Power Supply Single-OUT 5V @ 18A / 90Wfor AUD$4.95https://www.arrow.com/en/products/vgs-100c-5/cui-incCUI Brand, din rail AC/DC PSU's PDRB-75-12, AC/DC Power Supply Single-OUT 12V 6.3A 75.6W 7-Pin,AUD$10.28https://www.arrow.com/en/products/pdrb-75-12/cui-incCUI, 240VAC to 12VDC 26.7A 320W power supply, P/N VGS-320D-12 (legacy product)https://www.arrow.com/en/products/vgs-320d-12/cui-inc@Arrow is AUD$15.86@Digikey is AUD$88I posted a number of links & instructions/etc in Ozbargain here:https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/876759

author: coppercone2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2024, 10:49:29 am
content: I wonder if some of this stuff will become non obsolete because of china tarriffs and stuff because its manufacture won't be made uneconomical by cheap imports

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 20, 2024, 12:08:14 pm
content: Quote from: cosrologist on November 20, 2024, 10:46:45 am48V version less than $3https://www.arrow.com/en/products/vgs-100c-48/cui-inc

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2024, 12:17:06 pm
content: You can get RPi 3 cases for between $AU 0.17 and 0.42.https://www.arrow.com/en/products/tzt241aaa-01/raspberry-pi-foundation

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2024, 12:24:22 pm
content: Quote from: coppercone2 on November 20, 2024, 10:49:29 amIf you spot-check some of the items now discounted by Arrow, you will notice that the vast majority of themcomefrom China.Get ready to pay 60% more, or keep your fingers crossed that some US manufacturer will establish production over the next few years and will be able to offer competitive pricing. Or keep your fingers crossed that the new powers-to-be will do a reality check before executing their plans.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2024, 10:18:50 pm
content: Lots of overpriced dev boards. No way to sort by discount that I see.Unless you have a very specific need for these PSUs, its the kind of thing I'd just give away.

author: coppercone2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2024, 10:46:02 pm
content: 12 volt supplies can be very useful in a small form factor.If you manage the inrush and load right, easy pump, motor, etc power source.20+amp 12V supply is a generic power source for battery charger, electromechanical, spot welding or RF device.Its a solid bet to power your project off that, if you build a chassis, rather then messing around with transformers. 12V high current supply is the 'modern' way to do projects quick IMO.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 20, 2024, 10:49:48 pm
content: There is way more than 100W PSUs for $3, there are 30W LED modules for $0.08, enclosures for almost free and so on, so much stuff, it's hard to chose what to hoard.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2024, 11:15:24 pm
content: Quote from: coppercone2 on November 20, 2024, 10:46:02 pmSometimes. For me a 12V wallwart is far more useful, since I'm not putting a bunch of stuff in an enclosure.Quote from: wraper on November 20, 2024, 10:49:48 pmoh cool, huge pole LEDs for $4:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/jt028-rg-csl/mallory-sonalert-productshttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/jt028-rygb-cs/mallory-sonalert-productsCheap parts box for 20c:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/796/adafruit-industriesTweezers 10c:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/421/adafruit-industries8x8 LED matrix 20c:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/1818/adafruit-industriesSite doesn't seem to work properly now.

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 20, 2024, 11:27:29 pm
content: Here are theweightsof my last three orders from Arrow in the past month:195 lbs.381 lbs.469 lbs.

author: scottapotamas
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2024, 01:27:07 am
content: Yeah the search and sort has been horrible at maintaining discount filters and position across tabs while I browse...I bought a MSO8204, at ~2200USD (3500AUD) because their WELCOME10 code (10% on first order over $500) worked. Pretty great upgrade to the homelab at that price.There's a single older Lecroy 4ch 1GHz 8-bit scope at about the same discount.And 30ish MSO5074 in stock at ~500USD (790AUD). I haven't followed Rigol's newer releases to know if that's a good deal or not.I was making a separate 'normal' order for some boards and grabbed a bunch of consumables that I thought looked reasonable when cross-shopped against Digikey/MouserSMD/PTH component kits from Bourns and Kemet seem to be going out cheap $2-10 each. I grabbed a handful of inductor kitsHandful of different EMI absorber sheets (240x250mm) from Molex and Kemet. These were $1-5AUD each, "normally" $50-80each.As mentioned earlier in the thread, some ranges of CUI and Meanwell supplies are cheap. CUI's Dual 5/24VVGD-35-D524looked good at $5AUD.There are some cheap SameSky "now CUI" encoders mounted on NEMA17/23 steppers from Lin going cheaper than either part alone. NEMA08-17-01D-AMT112S and similar

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2024, 06:27:41 am
content: I haven't ordered from Arrow for over three years and when I tried to logon after going through the forgotten password dialog I ended up with a banner message telling me I was a blocked user. I can't imagine with only one order three years ago how or why I would be blocked. I'm guessing it is because I am partially forgotten by the system because when I tried logging in after resetting my password I think I saw a "creating account" message flash up. But I wouldn't have thought I would be able to go through a forgotten password dialog if I didn't have an account login.The upshot is I can't place an order until I get it sorted out. Has anyone experienced something similar?I'm distraught at the moment not being able to buy cheap stuff I didn't know I wanted until a few days ago.A question for other Aussies. As best I could find the cheapest shipping to Aus is $22 Fedex. Does that sound right. The other order I placed was shipped free and was under AU$100.PS.I already got an email (in 5 minutes) telling me they will get IT to look into it.PPS.I forgot to add that after logging in and getting the message I went to look at my account and the other order was still there. So I think I am stuck in some kind of twilight zone.

author: scottapotamas
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2024, 06:33:42 am
content: Their log-in system has some buggy edges, when it logs you out every 15min, sometimes log-in attempts would be hit with account failures, but going back to the homepage and refreshing would show it logged in properly.From the US warehouse and smaller orders the $22 Fedex is the best choice. Free international Fedex from 100USD, so I just kept adding dollar-scale items until I hit $155AUD.

author: Wolfram
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2024, 04:05:21 pm
content: Their website is so broken for me that I have a hard time finding anything of interest. When trying to view beyond the first page in any category, the category is not applied any more and I get thousands to tens of thousands of results. Applying one filter will show no results or ones not matching the filter, and applying another filter will remove the first filtering. Price sorting does not work most of the time, and when it does then the sorting seems very inconsistent with actual price. Again going to page two of the results, the sorting is no longer applied. And trying to narrow it down to parts of interest does not work as the filters are broken as well. Now it broke completely giving me ERR_HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR even for the front page. I remember their parametric search was not the best, but this is completely unusable. Did anybody else have a better experience with the site?

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 21, 2024, 07:46:05 pm
content: ~$0.30-0.60 Weller TC201 tips if anyone uses that.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 21, 2024, 07:49:49 pm
content: $4.4 Weller PH50 soldering iron holderhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/ph50/weller-tools

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 21, 2024, 11:40:06 pm
content: Quote from: scottapotamas on November 21, 2024, 06:33:42 amFor me the most annoying is that it's randomly emptying the cart. Then parts may reappear in the cart after a while, or may not.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2024, 01:26:41 am
content: Didn't know CUI changed the name, kind of an odd choice..40c 70mm fan:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/cfm-7020v-132-330/cui-devices44c 10A relay:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/pr14-5v-360-1a/cui-devices66c 3A+ TEM:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/cp30239h/cui-deviceshttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/cp50241/cui-deviceshttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/cp602040395h/cui-devices80c 12-28V siren:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/cps-5449-105pm/cui-deviceshttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/cps-105100-110spm/cui-devices80c 80mm fan:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/cfm-8015-13-10/cui-devices14-bit rs485 encoder:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/amt213c-v/cui-devices12-bit encoder:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/amt213e-v/cui-devicesstepper with encoder mentioned above:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/nema23-22-02pd-amt112s/cui-devices

author: ftg
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2024, 02:11:29 pm
content: So, how did you folks deal with Arrow requiring a VAT ID even for shipping addresses labelled "Personal Use"?Can't even update an old address, as that too now requires VAT ID.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 23, 2024, 12:19:11 pm
content: Quote from: wraper on November 20, 2024, 10:49:48 pmIt is, and it isn't. Sigh.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 23, 2024, 01:27:49 pm
content: Well that was a lot of work. BTW Arrow fixed my issue with being blocked from ordering but didn't actually tell me or say why. I just got a survey form to tell them how wonderful I think they are.I'm pretty sure since I last ordered from them the Aust govt levies GST on overseas orders. I see it on AliX but how does it get paid from Arrow?I found some things amongst the hobbyist type stuff from DFrobot, Adafruit etc like:an Arduino Mega2650 from Dfrobothttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/dfr0191/dfrobotAU$6.16Adafruit neopixel strip for AU$0.81https://www.arrow.com/en/products/2562/adafruit-industriesA Sparkfun Qwiic sensor kit AU$15https://www.arrow.com/en/products/kit-14878/sparkfun-electronicsHookup wire 13cents AUAlligator clip test leads for 28 cents for a pack of 12 Adafruit 1592. These one I ordered the last 4. I tried to stay away from doing that in case I fell foul of them not having the full amount. Some of this stuff is getting down in the weeds as afar as stock levels go.These Adafruit 3166 alligator test leads are pictured as a single lead but the datasheet shows 18 leads for AU$1.44https://www.arrow.com/en/products/3447/adafruit-industriesI got some servo motors and breadboard wires various sensors and Rpi cases and heatsinks. Lots of stuff to add to myhoardbox-of-dreams.

author: SuperSVGA
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 23, 2024, 11:39:14 pm
content: I finally managed to get an order in, after their website wiped out my cart three times, as well as all the other suffering trying to get the site to function. Grand total was $315USD plus a $150 tariff, but I think it was still worth it.I probably could have found more if the website wasn't so abysmal.I don't know much about these, but it seems to be a $5USD MAX-10 FPGA board:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/srt-96b-mez-fpga/shiratech?q=SRT-96B-MEZ-FPGA

author: scottapotamas
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2024, 02:25:43 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on November 23, 2024, 01:27:49 pmDepends a little on how your account was setup. If they've sent the invoice PDF through, you'll probably see "Freight Term: COLLECT-CUST" in the right column of text above the table.This means the freight company (Fedex) will collect the GST (and any import duties) when it goes through Australian Customs.

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2024, 03:20:12 am
content: I just tried ordering some stuff. Very very frustrating.Their parametric search works well, but annoyingly, the shopping cart gets lost if you open a new tab. Doesn't seem to be any way to consolidate multiple items into the cart; when you click "Buy" you get a cart with 1 item, the one you just selected.All of which is moot at the moment anyhow, as their site is totally down. Before it crashed I tried setting some filters on a category that had many tens of thousands of items, and it just went catatonic and never refreshed the page.They got some big website problems over there.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 24, 2024, 03:35:47 am
content: ^Use BOM instead and create an order from there once you added all of the stuff you want.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2024, 03:53:56 am
content: I found frustrations with the cart apparently being emptied. It never was though. I had several tabs open and when I switched one I wasn't active in, I sometimes noticed a "session expired" box had appeared. But not on the tab I was active in. But I was still logged out and when I logged back in the cart and all contents was still there. I did notice the way the website operated gave the appearance of constantly reconnecting an active session. I'm just going by the number of time navigating the site I would see "Hello" change to "Hello Wilfred" at the top of the screen.I was active for quite a few hours as I did a deep trawl through the likely bargain areas I was interested in. Even though I hadn't walked away I still seemed to get logged off.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 24, 2024, 04:03:07 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on November 24, 2024, 03:53:56 amIt's broken. Parts may be in the cart after logging in, or may not. Or may disappear after log in and then reappear when you log in next time (chance is slim but I've seen it about 2 times).

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2024, 05:22:32 am
content: Some oddball stuff there.Came across this large powersupply for $3960 Watt 3 Phase input 22.5 – 29.5VDC Output @ 40Ahttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/redin960-243ac/recom-powerHere's something that might be a bit more usefulLittle 110V/240VAC to 9V 100mA encapsulated module.https://www.arrow.com/en/products/pbk-1-9/cui-incAnd now the website is giving me ERR_HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2024, 05:41:21 am
content: Quote from: Psi on November 24, 2024, 05:22:32 amI was getting that too a while ago. But they must have put some of their code monkeys on the job, because I was able to place an order just now, and the shopping cart actually behaved correctly.Declined my credit card for some unknown reason, though, so I had to use PayPal. Ugh.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 25, 2024, 08:41:51 am
content: Seems the website is under high loading and it keeps going through phases of being offline,Perhaps it is trying to load share with one of the share pools being /dev/null. (Poor mans way to reduce website loading.)It works for a while until you end up in that pool then it's down for you until your out of it again.It was working for me in Chrome, then it stopped. I managed to get it working again by simply switching to using Edge. And all the time Edge was working Chrome still wasn't. Then edge stopped working too after 30min.That's what makes me think it is remembering something to do with your session/browser and routing you to null once you have used the site for a while.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 25, 2024, 10:08:40 am
content: Quote from: Analog Kid on November 24, 2024, 05:41:21 amDid you have your card details pre entered and that card had expired? That happened to me once on another site. I'd have preferred to use PP but topping my balance up takes days from my bank. I don't know why I don't trust it to fallback to my credit card. I'm sure they'd make certain that worked. Actually I think the other site was actually Paypal. Maybe that's why I don't trust it.I should stop looking for more stuff or lamenting the stuff I purged from the shopping cart.But the Arrow website leaves much to be desired. You get there in the end if you persist.

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 25, 2024, 12:30:05 pm
content: Quote from: wilfred on November 25, 2024, 10:08:40 amNope; I just registered with Arrow yesterday. Never even knew about them before reading this thread.

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 25, 2024, 01:00:37 pm
content: I've been shopping Arrow for maybe 5 years now and their website has always "errored-out" after about 15 minutes. I would be searching for a while when all of a sudden an error message would appear.I log in before I shop so stuff in the cart would always be in my cart even after the error would pop up. When I log in after a few minutes the cart would fill with what I've chosen in the prior session.One thing is for sure, Arrow wastes a lot of paper! After each order I get, I probably shred at the least 25 sheets of paper.Hammermill Paper Comapany must have a warehouse next door!

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 25, 2024, 10:07:32 pm
content: $35 for an 'RF Explorer | 114990162' (handheld spectrum analyzer 2.35GHz to 2.55GHz|4.85GHz to 6.1GHz )https://www.arrow.com/en/products/114990162/seeed-technology-limitedCurrently Digikey have 21 of what looks like the same item, same number '114990162', and are selling them for $389https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/seeed-technology-co-ltd/109990063/5487537

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 25, 2024, 10:17:33 pm
content: You can at least see manufactrers that are 50-75% off and search that way:https://www.arrow.com/en/overstock/50-75-offFor example, Bud Insdustries enclosues look cheap:https://www.arrow.com/en/overstock/50-75-off?promoGroupLevel=main&filters=Manufacturer_name:Bud%20Industries;

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 25, 2024, 10:33:49 pm
content: 1GHz Lecroy scope for $2200https://www.arrow.com/en/products/t3dso31004-promo-1/lecroyDigikey price is $9k

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 25, 2024, 11:34:53 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on November 25, 2024, 10:33:49 pmDamn. That's tempting.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2024, 12:08:15 am
content: Their 'order by price' system doesn't work 100%A couple of times i came across cheaper items further on in the returned results with expensive items either side.oh and here's a small cheap UPS for $37, 110V though, and I'm not sure if it comes with the battery.https://www.arrow.com/en/products/smart1000lcd/tripp-lite

author: SuperSVGA
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2024, 12:29:32 am
content: Quote from: Psi on November 26, 2024, 12:08:15 amIt must include the battery at that listed weight, I think I have a similar one, it's not very big and has a single 12V 9Ah battery.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 26, 2024, 02:13:07 am
content: Quote from: SiliconWizard on November 25, 2024, 11:34:53 pmCould probably flip on ebay for a profit.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2024, 02:38:19 am
content: Has anyone received their goods yet? or a shipping notification?I'm curious how accurate their stock tracking is, or if pretty much everything discounted and showing in stock is already out of stock.

author: scottapotamas
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2024, 02:47:47 am
content: Quote from: Psi on November 26, 2024, 02:38:19 amMy 'little' order I made on the 21st arrived about 15min ago.The scope I bought later on the 21st went through AUS customs yesterday and tracking shows tomorrow for delivery.At least a week ago, the stock tracking was accurate and responsive.Scope was showing 1 in stock. After purchase it immediately went to 0 units with a 'backorder' at full-price. A day later it was updated as discontinued.

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2024, 02:49:28 am
content: The tracking, shipping notification, and invoicing is usually next day or surely the next business day.Their packaging is very good. Their boxes are heavy duty and worth keeping.I think they are on top of things except for their website.

author: SuperSVGA
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2024, 07:19:38 am
content: Quote from: Psi on November 26, 2024, 02:38:19 amMine only had one item out of maybe 50 line items that was short a few units on stock.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2024, 09:28:24 am
content: My order placed from Australia on the 23rd says PENDING today on the 26th. Each line item of 50 says estimated shipping on 26th and estimated delivery is the 27th Nov.That was 25th and 28th yesterday. So colour me doubtful.OTOH my AliX order I placed a few hours ago is set to be shipped with an 11 day delivery time. Which arrives first?It is the first AliX order i've placed with multiple items from different vendors and I'm not sure if I receive one package or multiple. Some offer popped up saying buy 3 items and get free shipping. They were all "choice" but I'm not sure exactly what that is. I just kept going for 9 things as I scrolled further. I'm pretty sure they worked me out and sucked me in.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2024, 09:30:34 am
content: I imagine their shipping/warehouse staff are processing a lot more orders than typical. So I would expect it to take considerably longer than normal.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2024, 09:32:48 am
content: Quote from: SuperSVGA on November 26, 2024, 07:19:38 am#metoo. I had 50 items and one was the exact number of remaining items listed in stock. I'm wondering if that will cause problems for me if someone got in ahead of me or they only find 3 on the shelf. These are things they want to clear from the shelves so I'd have to be a bit unlucky to get pipped at the last minute.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2024, 10:27:39 am
content: https://www.arrow.com/en/products/em15tp-010-1/3m$0.59 - £300 on Digikey!Replacement sleeves for Tek scope probes -https://www.arrow.com/en/products/ct3652-8/cal-test-electronicshttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/ct3646-8/cal-test-electronicsBK601 battery tester 80% offhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/601b/bk-precisionCT4198 diff.probe $155 - £900 at Digikeyhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/ct4198/cal-test-electronicsHow did they end up with 5 MILLION of these TI regulatorshttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/tps7a1108pdrvr/texas-instrumentsI think they have some rate limiting on the site as on multiple occasions it started crapping out after a while of searching

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2024, 10:36:47 am
content: Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on November 26, 2024, 10:27:39 amTempting.... but i've already made my order.Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on November 26, 2024, 10:27:39 amIt feels like a block with timeout that triggers when you've used too much DB query resources in too short of a time.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2024, 11:22:42 am
content: lolhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/1301380126/molex500mhz passive probes for $26https://www.arrow.com/en/products/pr500b/bk-precision

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2024, 12:23:15 pm
content: https://www.arrow.com/en/products/pis-0542/pi-supplycheap breadboard $0.84QuoteEven cheaper breadboards - 9 centshttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/319030007/seeed-technology-limitedhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/319030004/seeed-technology-limited9x17 LED PCB $1.21https://www.arrow.com/en/products/2974/adafruit-industries

author: westfw
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2024, 09:19:17 pm
content: Wow, there are some good deals there.It sort-of looks like Arrow might be phasing-out "hobbyist" products from the "smaller" manufacturers like Adafruit and Seeed. That would be sad, I guess, but it's understandable for a couple of possible reasons. (mostly "churn." Things like custom-made boxes for RPi 2s and 3s.)If I were Arrow, I'd be embarrassed by their web site. Even before this, it was far poorer than Digikey and Mouser, and other vendors that I would rated as "less professionally oriented." OTOH, perhaps they still prefer bigger customers negotiating contracts in person.Adafruit has nice "datasheets", even for the stuff they just import and resell (or don't sell any more), and someone did a good job of linking the Arrow products to the appropriate datasheets.

author: SuperSVGA
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2024, 11:27:45 pm
content: Quote from: westfw on November 26, 2024, 09:19:17 pmA lot of the products I came across just had the Adafruit/Seeed webpage for the product saved as a PDF. I guess it's better than nothing, but the pages they converted to PDF usually have a link to the datasheet that you can no longer click now.

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2024, 11:40:48 pm
content: When I started seeing super-low prices on Arrow a few months back, I thought that they were typos. But when the orders arrived, I realized that they weren't. I was shocked. As someone who is still learning the basics, Arrow has been a Godsend. Check this out, proto-boards. Not just plain-Jane ones but gold over copper. One and two sided:12 and 23 cents each. Regular price $12.I bought over 400 boards of all shapes and sizes for penniesI've also noticed that once an item is bought, the price on the remaining quantities available tends to shoot-up.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 26, 2024, 11:59:33 pm
content: Quote from: westfw on November 26, 2024, 09:19:17 pmI don't understand why they stock that kinda stuff. Nobody goes to Arrow to buy those things.

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 27, 2024, 12:06:48 am
content: A lot of the stuff that I bought discounted had the original Arrow purchase order label still on it. For most of the items, Arrow didn't sell any of the quantity. My label quantity matched Arrow's label quantity. Also, Arrow's label also has "SPEC" in bold letters printed on it.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 27, 2024, 12:06:53 am
content: Quote from: SuperSVGA on November 26, 2024, 11:27:45 pmYeah, unclickable links was annoying.

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 27, 2024, 12:27:02 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on November 26, 2024, 11:59:33 pmI do.

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 27, 2024, 12:59:02 am
content: Here's one of the labels with "SPEC" on it. This is Desco's rubber Statfree T2 mat. 30" x 40' for $40. Regular price over $900.The original UPS label from Massachusetts to Reno is still on it plus the new one from Reno to RaleighI also bought this50'roll of Desco Trustat B80 vinyl matting for $16. Regular price is ~$600. It is really nice stuff but not recommended for around a soldering station though:Crazy Town USA

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 27, 2024, 01:30:48 am
content: Adafruit has good documentation, agreed.$2 m3 screw kit:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/fit0224/dfrobotJST PH kit $1:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/fit0299/dfrobotstandoff kit $6:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/fit0225/dfrobot(not that cheap)mini smd page book $1:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/2183/adafruit-industriesPTC thr kit $5:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/mf-rlab-l/bourns"high quality" jumper cable $1:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/fit0154/dfrobotffc extension 30c probably useless:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/pis-0790/pi-supplybig e-ink screen $2:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/pis-0265/pi-supply50c NES controller:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/pis-0912/pi-supplyindian scope kit $4, maybe good for kids?https://www.arrow.com/en/products/pis-0943/pi-supplyifixit kit $20 (regular $40?):https://www.arrow.com/en/products/pis-0948/pi-supply

author: SuperSVGA
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 27, 2024, 08:02:26 pm
content: Two of my three boxes just arrived. Going to take a while to sort through and inventory everything. Everything was neatly packed, a lot of the space is just the retail packaging of a lot of the stuff. I ordered 3 SD cards and got an entire plastic SD card tray.The fun part is finding out what most of the stuff I ordered is, because some of the pages weren't very clear...Is it bad that I'm tempted to order even more?

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 27, 2024, 08:42:25 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on November 26, 2024, 11:59:33 pmMy thoughts exactly - makes sense for people like Digikey, where you may want an Adafruit gizmo along with an order for random stuff, but Arrow are more high-volume industrial.However many of the big disties have gone through a phase of trying to appear down with the cool kids over the years so this is probably leftovers from that. Similarly enclosures - why would they want to deal with bulky low-value stuff like that when people can buy direct from Hammond etc., and anyone buying in volume will be getting them machined and printed anyway.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 27, 2024, 10:31:26 pm
content: The worst ones are going through multiple unnecessary stages of shipping/marking up/etc.So: China manufacturer -> ifixit -> Adafruit/dfrobot/pisupply -> ArrowQuote from: SuperSVGA on November 27, 2024, 08:02:26 pmyes

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 27, 2024, 11:03:34 pm
content: The enclosures Arrow was selling off are really cool. I bought about 50 Bud polycarbonate/fiberglass enclosures from their PTH and PTX line and all with clear covers. All of the latches/hardware/hinges are stainless. I have a lot of ideas on how to use them:50 cents to $6 each, regular price $15 to $235 each

author: cosmicray
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2024, 12:46:41 am
content: Quote from: coppercone2 on November 20, 2024, 10:49:29 amObsolete ? I doubt it, but it may become unable to sell or dispose of. Keep in mind that some of these distributors are behaving like a bonded warehouse. Anything you order from DigiKey, with a COO of China, causes it generate a 10% duty. My take is that duty is charged when shipped to a US destination address. If the same item is sold to a EU address, then the appropriate VAT would be charged (but not the 10% US duty). If I'm following this correctly, then whatever DigiKey has in inventory (plus Mouser, et al) will automatically earn the new duty/tariff, when that comes into effect. Just because it has been landed in a USA warehouse, does not mean it doesn't get charged. What Arrow may be doing (my guess) is unloading stuff now, that they know isn't going to move when things change (and the price to buyer will go up sharply). Note that DigiKey purchases do not qualify for the $800/day non-commercial Section 123 exemption that direct imports have now. What will happen to Section 123 exemptions is still unknown.

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2024, 01:22:06 am
content: There were some items that I would spend extra on and they were usually made in the United States. This included the connectors I bought that are made by SV Microwave. One item was sort of interesting, an SMA connector M39012/55-3030. No where in the descriptions or the documents on Arrow did RG316 DS (double shield) come up. Not even was the number "316" mentioned. It only stated that these were for M17/152-00001 cable which I sort of recalled being printed on some of my Harbour cable.I was also blown away by the quality of build in this connector based on the drawings. Arrow shipped me these still on a continuous roll of baggies and with a stack of instructions.I bought 82 of them for ~95 cents each. Regular price is ~$30 each.Funny thing is, I've not used an SMA cable yet

author: SuperSVGA
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2024, 01:57:27 am
content: If you're into crazy connectors, I got one of these connector sets:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/1411492/phoenix-contactRated for 500V 16A. Might be fun if you need some ridiculously overbuilt connector for a project.

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2024, 02:27:45 am
content: I need to do something quick with the Bud enclosures because someone wants to use them as storage containersHell, they were cheaper than Sterilite at Target.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2024, 03:23:17 am
content: Quote from: Smoky on November 28, 2024, 02:27:45 amDon't shoes come in boxes anymore?

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2024, 03:43:46 am
content: I based the purchase of these Pomona terminators on the cost of them at Digikey. I see other brands of 50 Ohm terminators for sale dirt cheap and then I see some that are super-expensive. These Pomona 4286 terminators list for sale on DK for ~$67Arrow was selling them in mid-July for $1.35 so I bought 30:A week later they dropped the price to $1.03 so I bought the last 7:At $67 regular price, is most of the cost due to them guaranteeing these things up to 18 GHz and for the cost of the equipment that can test them?

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2024, 06:53:36 am
content: I just received the "advance shipment notification email". I ordered 50 items. You want to check these things carefully. And just to make life that little bit more difficult this email is not sorted in the same way as the email acknowledging the initial order. So lots of flipping pages.A quick count revealed only 49 things shipped. And a careful check showed some Arduino Mega boards DFR0191 were shipped as DFR0191-R and described as "DIN rail mount bracket for Arduino Mega".We'll wait and see just what turns up.

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2024, 07:19:12 am
content: I found items where the picture doesn't match the description or part number. I have ordered those sort of items and found that the part number on the listing was always correct even though the description and picture didn't seem to match.For example, here are Pomona's 10A 1000v MaxiGrabber cable-end test clips sets (both red and black). Notice a picture of an SMD capacitor is used as their description:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/5910b/pomona-electronicsThese are indeed Pomona's $35 set of 1000v MaxiGrabbers for 51 cents...I bought six sets.Pair them up with some Cal Test 10A 1000v silicone tests leads CT3754 (pairs) or CT3753's (singles) and you'll have one sweeeeet set of high voltage grabbers!

author: Someone
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2024, 07:54:58 am
content: Quote from: Smoky on November 28, 2024, 03:43:46 amSome semiconductors are priced just for the testing costs (duration multiplied by equipment cost), but those "precision" connectors would only take 2x times longer on test at most. The extra mechanical accuracy and detail required to maintain the impedance match will be where most of the end cost comes from.At that cheap, sounds like a good target for a teardown comparisonSlowly sand it back to expose the content in layers. Please do share!

author: scottapotamas
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2024, 07:59:41 am
content: Quote from: Someone on November 28, 2024, 07:54:58 amThe center-conductor uses a beryllium alloy/coating which is toxic. If you're going to sand things (applies to anything really) remember to use proper PPE, wash hands afterwards etc.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2024, 08:21:01 am
content: Quote from: Smoky on November 28, 2024, 07:19:12 amThat's what I am hoping happens for me. I'm awaiting a response from support..I have received the final shipping invoice and the one item missing has not been invoiced so I won't be getting it. But I really wanted the AU$6 Arduino Megas, so fingers crossed.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2024, 10:45:23 am
content: I got my shipping email and miraculously everything we ordered shipped (did a bit of a group order with other engineers at work)But i have been trawling through the pages and combined with what others have found since my first order i think i'll do another one tomorrow

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2024, 03:10:58 pm
content: For the past year or so I would end my day by taking my phone to bed and scroll through the database of Arrow. For a half hour + I'd use a search technique to find great deals. I'd see a price and an item that was so good it would make me jump out of bed to jot the part number down. I did that sort of jumping a lot! Over the course of a week I'd have a priority list made and spend $100 to get the free shipping.None of the quantities would ever change. No one else seemed to be looking at the stuff.I noticed that if I clicked on an item too often, the price would jump up. But after waiting a week, the price for that same item would drop back down and sometimes even lower.It reminded me of that movie where the computer asked "would you like to play a game?"It's been a lot of fun, and a hobby, in an odd way.But now, I can proudly say, this addict has turned the corner and is on his way to recovery

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2024, 04:23:04 pm
content: If you live in the United States and are putting together a lab, here's a power strip I'd recommend getting.It's a Hammond 1589H8G1BKRRV. It can mount under your bench with just the power and overload switch facing the front while all of your cords plug into the back of it where they are never seen. What I found interesting in the datasheet is that this power strip has a 15' shielded 12awg cord. You must have a 20A outlet to plug this thing into. Nothing but beef. The shielded cord alone would probably cost $30 or more.Arrow price is $4.19, regular price $115.There are 12 left:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/1589h8g1bkrrv/hammond-manufacturing?q=1589H8G1BKRRV

author: cosmicray
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2024, 08:04:38 pm
content: Quote from: Smoky on November 28, 2024, 04:23:04 pmWas that intended for a bench, or a rack power distribution ? I have something very similar, HP branded, intended for a rack, that cost me almost nothing.

author: westfw
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2024, 09:59:55 pm
content: QuoteThis works at Newark as well. I've got 100+ 68xx series microcontrollers that are not-really-obsolete, but also not-very popular, that will work fine as "generic thing that could use a microcontroller" for < $0.25 each...Theoretically, I guess :-(QuoteSome of it seems OK. A company will have a relationship with those large distributors, making it easy to order stuff without having to vet a new vendor. Those "hobbyist" development boards are generally useful for all sorts of things, and assorted tool sets are "curated" by ifixit in useful ways that you don't see from others (Micromark: "Oh yeah, we have a set with those security bits. that'll be $300...")OTOH, it looks like they have those "solderless breadboards" resold from a bunch of different hobbyist vendors (Adafruit, dfrobot, Seeed), and I don't see how THAT makes any sense.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2024, 10:29:22 pm
content: That stuff is useful as free gifts to throw in shippings. Arrow sent me free RPis with my orders. At some point i avoided Arrow 'cause i had enough free aRPis

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2024, 10:40:37 pm
content: If you're looking for something to color-coordinate with the Hammond power strip, try this on forsize:900cfm of cooling madness for $36.77, regular price $536https://www.arrow.com/en/products/ft900ta1bk/hammond-manufacturingNo, I did not buy one

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2024, 10:43:26 pm
content: GOOD tweezers for 25c, 600pc in stock (maybe send a PM if you just need a few in canada):https://www.arrow.com/en/products/erop7sa/weller-tools?q=EROP7SAhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/eropoosa/weller-tools25c patch cord:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/ct2060-25-2/cal-test-electronics5mm wiha hex:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/33412/wiha-tools-usamicro servo:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/2941/adafruit-industries(search servo and youll see some metal servos too for $2)50c padlock:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/psl-13a/panduitwhat the hell is "titalium"?https://www.arrow.com/en/products/psl-16a/panduitsilver oxide batteries:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/sr616sw/seiko-instruments-inc(watches?)Tiny zinc battery:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/0133310001/molex(what is this for?)electrically conductive double sided tape $8:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/9701-50/3m(for what?)64gb microsd $4 (not amazing):https://www.arrow.com/en/products/sdsdqad-064g/western-digitalbent nose plier $9:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/t3767d-120/ck-tools

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 28, 2024, 11:42:05 pm
content: I purchased a bunch of between-series adapters from Cal Test.They turned out to be re-packaged Rosenberger parts from Germany.Here are three Cal Test CT3346 BNC to N adapters which are really Rosenberger 53S151-K00N5 parts:I paid on average $2-$4 for them. Regular price ~$50 each

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 02:42:49 am
content: There's quite a lot of high wattage resistors going cheap if anyone's keenLike 1/10/100 ohm 200W / 300W.https://www.arrow.com/en/products/br300-10rj1/riedonorhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/brs200-10rj1/riedonPulse rated high voltage caps 1.5uF 1200VDC|500VAC - Only 4 in stock but $1.79 each ($23.28 at digkey)940C12W1P5K-F - High Pulse Current Low Inductance Self Healing Capacitorhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/940c12w1p5k-f/illinois-capacitorHAHA project enclosure on a wrist watch bandhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/bw68dbkcsor/serpac-electronic-enclosures

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 03:49:09 am
content: Some of the stuff on Arrow looked dated or no longer worth much but looking closely at the item it looked like things could be re-used that were on it. Take for instance this TI ESDEVM Evaluation board:Looking at page 9 of the ESDEVM instructions, you can see that the part number of the 50 Ohm SMA end-launch connectors are Cinch part number 142-0761-881.On Digikey, these SMA connectors are $12 each and appear to be pretty high-end. So there are $96 of SMA connectors on this Evaluation board being sold on Arrow for 78 cents:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/esdevm/texas-instruments?q=ESDEVMQuestion isand I'm not looking to scrape the bottom of the barrel here but can these connectors be possibly salvagedI've attached the PDF files of the Evaluation Board and of the Cinch SMA connectors.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 03:51:11 am
content: Coming across a few sizes of enameled copper wire, 350m, 500m rolls etc.. for $1-2https://www.arrow.com/en/products/600222/cnc-tech-llcUnless I did the math wrong in my head 346 meters of 22awg is around 0.9kg or like $8 of copper.yep, just checked digikey, same roll is $110I pondered buying them myself but I don't really have a use for enameled copper wire, better off someone else gets them.

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 04:06:52 am
content: It's amazing what they have for sale. I build custom cabinetry and I bought a bunch of Hammond steel doors and shelves that I plan to use as slide-out trays with some Accuride slides. The steel doors came with integral piano hinges so that all you need to do is create the faceframe to screw them to. They were $3-$5 with regular prices from $90- $160. Just amazing.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 04:13:48 am
content: It's not really a typical sale. Normally you are still trying to make a profit when you put things on sale. Unless it's a loss leader item.In this case they are just trying to clear old crap out of the warehouse, a lot of it is old or end of line stock that they probably will never sell anyway.Best to clear out the space and put stuff that does sell in its place.Perhaps they want to move the warehouse or could be just to get out of some markets. They do seem to be selling off a lot of adafruit/seed/hammond stuff.I suspect most of the $1-3 prices are simply to make sure they cover the shipping / packing costs. Since it's free shipping at $100 and people will buy a crap ton of items, some of them quite heavy.

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 04:18:47 am
content: Website seems borked nowTried to make an account to fix the cart, now I can't add anything to the cart and the header isn't loading properly.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 04:23:15 am
content: Quote from: Whales on November 29, 2024, 04:18:47 amIt will go like that from time to time if you take up too many DB query resources. It's some sort of session/browser block. It will work again within an hour.But If you switch to a different browser it usually works instantly again, i switch from Chrome to Edge when it does that.By the time Edge stops working Chrome is working again.Make sure you create an account if you want to use the cart system. its broken otherwise.You can also add to BOM which seems to work better sometimes.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 04:32:14 am
content: Yellow LED displays, the kind like 7seg but with all the extra segments for alpha char - $0.90https://www.arrow.com/en/products/2154/adafruit-industries

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 04:44:05 am
content: Thanks, switching between two browsers seems to be the go. The site dies after only a little bit of usage, I can't imagine actually using this for production work. But for personal stuff I'll tolerate itEDIT: Huh, if I try and go to another page of any category (eg "power supplies" or "Cable Accessories") I end up with a screen full of capacitors.EDIT: Borked in both browsers. I'll keep a BOM list instead as you guys suggest, then try later :|

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 04:50:18 am
content: Psi, I just bought six rolls of the wire in multiple gauges.I paid the $6.99 shipping fee and the total for the six rolls shipped was $18.98.What's that? ~$680 worth of wire?Thanks!

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 04:52:29 am
content: Quote from: Smoky on November 29, 2024, 04:50:18 amawesome, i hope you get lots of use out of them

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 05:02:58 am
content: Would love to find this wire, but can't. Found some that were per-foot charged though.The site is completely falling apart now. The number of things in each category on discount is dramatically changing when I reload the page, by a magnitude of 10. Trying to navigate pages often ignores your filters/searches. Loading every page takes at least 5 seconds.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 05:08:54 am
content: Quote from: Whales on November 29, 2024, 05:02:58 amTry this, click the link to the sale, its banner top of page.Click the section for 75% offThis should give you 100+ pages of everything on speical.Now click Wire and Cable section to limit resultsNow step through all the pages 1 by 1.It's slow but works for me.

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 05:10:51 am
content: Whales, you are right! This is the first time I ever seen Arrow's website lock-up like this. Holy Mackerel!There must be some crazy shopping going on thereI blame Psi

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 05:20:44 am
content: Stayed logged out seems to fix everything, browsing is much faster and less buggy.Do NOT go to theoverstock/combined category, it's broken and has very few items, instead use theoverstock/50-75% category.Workaround for pagination clearing some filters: manually add &page=2 to the end of the URL instead of clicking on the page number buttons. I'm having to similar edits for filters as they seem to clear bits of my url.Now do you think this item is per meter, foot or unknown length roll? They say they have 5000 so IDK.https://www.arrow.com/en/products/eg8797-000/te-connectivity

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 05:29:06 am
content: Yeah, you have to be careful.I found what i thought was a pack of 10 Hammond enclosures, based on the description and photo.But when I googled the part number it was a pack of 10 rubber seals for the front panel hahah

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 05:36:58 am
content: Quote from: Psi on November 24, 2024, 05:22:32 amHeh, that item is now $435, so they either realized it shouldn't have been discounted or decide its just too damn heavy to sell for $3 hahaI wonder who on here bought one .

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 06:01:23 am
content: She's dead jim> Secure Connection Failed> An error occurred during a connection towww.arrow.com.EDIT: Wait no new browser session fixed that.

author: SuperSVGA
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 06:53:31 am
content: Quote from: Psi on November 29, 2024, 05:36:58 amThings seem to go up in price once sold out. I bought the whole stock of some items and they immediately reappeared in stock again at 30x the price.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 08:46:04 am
content: Quote from: Psi on November 29, 2024, 05:36:58 amOr maybe an automated system is set up to reset the price once the clearance stock is gone, so if it ever comes back into stock for any reason, the price will be correct

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 09:45:07 am
content: Welp, there goes 750AUD. Half of that went to about 7KM worth of cabling.I got myself 16AWG, 18AWG, 22AWG in all cheap colours in both XLPVC and silicone insulation (including some in silicone + fiberglass because it was cheap). BOM attached to upload if you're lazy and want links to all the wiring.Tips if you are now going through the (broken) Arrow website yourself:(1) Do not log in, do not use the cart. Fill out a spreadsheet with part numbers and quantities instead. The website is too unreliable to do it any other way. Later you can login and use the BOM import tool.(2) When the website breaks (in any number of ways): clear your cookies or start a new private session. This will immediately fix it.(3) Try all of the links as a starting point, they are varying amounts of broken with ever changing amounts of items listed (buggy!)https://www.arrow.com/en/overstock/50-75-offhttps://www.arrow.com/en/overstock/new-low-pricesIf you already know a category you want then use the website's normal search or category functions (ignore the overstock links) and sort by cheapest instead,this completely avoids the major filtering bugs in the next point.(4) Filtering and pagination are completely broken when browsing these discounted/overstock links. You can click the major categories at the top (the horizontally scrollable resistors, capacitors, power supplies, etc), but you CANNOT use the filter functions after that! Or click any page numbers!If you do then your category gets reset and you end up with lots of tiny passives listed instead. Not what you want.You have to manually put the category (cat= or prodline= or similar) back in the URLs to work around this. Eg:https://www.arrow.com/en/overstock/50-75-off?cat=Connectorshttps://www.arrow.com/en/overstock/50-75-off?sortBy=calculatedPrice&sortDirection=ascLet's merge the two. You use ampersands (&) to do this:https://www.arrow.com/en/overstock/50-75-off?cat=Connectors&sortBy=calculatedPrice&sortDirection=ascAdding &page=2 to the end is also extremely useful!A more complex example:https://www.arrow.com/en/overstock/50-75-off?prodLine=AC+to+DC+Power+Supplies&filters=Output+Voltage:12;&sortBy=calculatedPrice&sortDirection=asc&page=1Good luck to all of you! There is a lot of cheap wire to be had. I dearly hope this isn't a scam

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 11:07:24 am
content: No GST listed on invoice (total ~750AUD). Not sure if they will amend this to eat the GST costs or if I will get it demanded on import. Will update you all when I find out what happens.

author: deadlylover
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 11:53:58 am
content: Quote from: Whales on November 29, 2024, 11:07:24 amI've never been charged GST from Arrow. I think the rule was if it was <AUD1000 it's up to the vendor to collect, but Arrow never seemed to give a crap hahaha (unlike say mouser/digikey).

author: scottapotamas
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 12:57:02 pm
content: Quote from: Whales on November 29, 2024, 11:07:24 amArrow kick the problem to Fedex to claim. I've had a handful of phonecalls and emails back and forth with Fedex this week about theamountof GST I owe for my 4k scope order.Because I stacked a '10% discount over $500' code (CHECKOUT10 or WELCOME10), the price on the shipping manifest was ~400 higher than the invoiced amount and there was no sign of the discount on the invoice paperwork/Arrow's system.Fedex's process just wore me down and I had real work to be doing... Still a good deal though.

author: edavid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 04:06:13 pm
content: Here are a few things I found that I thought were good deals, or might give ideas of things to search for:ATmega328P in DIP $0.99https://www.arrow.com/en/products/pis-0020/pi-supplyMicrochip op amps in DIP $0.08-$0.15https://www.arrow.com/en/products/mcp6231-ep/microchip-technologyhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/mcp6242-ep/microchip-technologyhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/mcp6273-ep/microchip-technologyhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/mcp6291-ep/microchip-technologyTLV431 in TO92 $0.12https://www.arrow.com/en/products/tlv431alpg/on-semiconductorconductive plastic pots $0.12these turned out to have detentshttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/pcw1j-r24-bbb502l/bournsdual pots $0.07-0.10https://www.arrow.com/en/products/pdb182-gtr01-504a2/bournshttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/pdb182-gtrb1-504mn/bourns0.1% THT resistors starting at $0.02https://www.arrow.com/en/categories/resistors/fixed-resistors/resistor-fixed-single-through-hole?page=1&promoGroupLevel=main&perPage=25&sortBy=calculatedPrice&sortDirection=asc&filters=In%20Stock:Yes;Tolerance:0.1%;example 10K 0.1% $0.06https://www.arrow.com/en/products/rnf14btd10k0/stackpole-electronics(there are also some OK deals on 0.01% resistors)170 tie point solderless breadboards, 6 for $0.26https://www.arrow.com/en/products/pis-0049/pi-supply

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 08:28:21 pm
content: $0.12 2m flat ethernet patch cord (connector on one end only)https://www.arrow.com/en/products/513-26-8800-bl-0007f/cnc-tech-llc$0.39 same as above but 7.62mhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/513-26-8800-bl-0025f/cnc-tech-llc$0.68 15ft CAT6 patch cord 50u gold contactshttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/dk-1611-015b/assmann-wsw-components-inc$0.18 Cat 5e UTP 15fthttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/dk-1511-015g/assmann-wsw-components-inc$0.13 Cat 5e UTP 3mhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/amje0808-0300-bub-24/assmann-wsw-components-inc$0.20 10m CAT 6https://www.arrow.com/en/products/a-mcu60010/assmann-wsw-components-incEDIT: nah, those were expensivehttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/n002-010-bl/tripp-litehttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/n001-006-bl/tripp-lite

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 10:25:46 pm
content: Make sure you hit the minimum quantity for price breaks, you don't want to be caught paying 5 times the price.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 29, 2024, 10:51:33 pm
content: Quote from: Whales on November 29, 2024, 05:20:44 amPer foot, mouser sells the same thing.Quote from: edavid on November 29, 2024, 04:06:13 pmYeah lots of component deals too, just, incredibly hard to search, and unless you use the part already, difficult to justify.Quote from: Whales on November 29, 2024, 10:25:46 pmDon't order 0pc? lol

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2024, 12:16:35 am
content: Quote from: Psi on November 29, 2024, 05:36:58 amI did, the internal converter can apparently handle up to 800V DC (from rectifying 575V AC, if they don't internally use an autotransformer to knock it down) which would be good to adapt into an auxiliary power supply for solar power. Assuming I actually get it, I plan to take some teardown pictures, I'm curious what they would use at 800V, my guess is 1200V or greater IGBTs in a half bridge or full bridge configuration.

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2024, 12:25:57 am
content: Here's another good Hammond buy for those in the United States.It's a 32 CFM 115v AC tube-axial fan. It's made by Circuit Test and runs at .12 Amps. That's very good compared to the CFM's that it's pushing.It has a possible life of 50,000 hoursIt's $1.50 compared to its regular price of $42. There are 9 left for sale:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/fan80ac115/hammond-manufacturingI'm going to build custom cabinets for an electronics lab in my garage and I'll use the fan and a filtered grille to draw solder fumes through some hidden ducts

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 30, 2024, 12:45:05 am
content: I mentioned enclosures already, butthis has aluminum end panelsand just $0.05 (134.00 135.00 51.00mm)$1.5 24 port patch panelhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/nkmp24y/panduithttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/nkppa24fmy/panduit48 porthttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/nkmp48y/panduit

author: aeg
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2024, 01:39:34 am
content: Quote from: wraper on November 30, 2024, 12:45:05 amWatch out! 1598BBK is the enclosure with aluminum end panels. 1598PLBBK is two plastic end panels only, no enclosure.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2024, 03:37:10 am
content: Quote from: aeg on November 30, 2024, 01:39:34 amThe 1598BSGY is quite low priced (US$0.35) and it is a full enclosure according to Hammond themselveshttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/1598bsgy/hammond-manufacturinghttps://www.hammfg.com/part/1598BSGY

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2024, 08:11:52 am
content: Quote from: aeg on November 30, 2024, 01:39:34 amYeah there's a few 10 packs like that. Not instantly obvious unless you read it carefully.I'm a little surprised all 52 of these 2.35GHz-2.55GHz / 4.85GHz - 6.1GHz RF Explorers are still there.Pretty sure you could flip them all and make a little profit.https://www.arrow.com/en/products/114990162/seeed-technology-limitedThat being said, the 1 I ordered has not showed up yet, maybe they're junk

author: arlo_g
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2024, 04:04:07 pm
content: Quick note re. Arrow's terrible website.If you login through a new private browser window, then you get a new 15minutes or whatever the magic timeout is when everything on the site dies. I think that implies that the site sets a cookie that results in everything crapping out after the timeout interval.Enjoy!

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 30, 2024, 10:24:26 pm
content: https://www.arrow.com/en/products/pup6as04bl-g/panduitI wonder about quantity for the piece ordered. Seems could be a whole roll according to part number and description. I'm inclined ordering 100 pieces but are afraid of receiving a full van of cable.

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2024, 10:49:55 pm
content: Quoteat 5c id be buying it all. striping it and straight down the scrapys

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 30, 2024, 11:01:40 pm
content: ^added 100 pieces each of 5 different colors to the cart, if they'll be full rolls, I'll end up with 7 tonnes of cable.

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2024, 11:31:07 pm
content: Some of the arrow listings I looked at said per foot, others pet meter, and many had no info. All of them had "roll length" in the description somewhere.I think the hint might be in the stock level. If it's thousands of units then it's probably per-foot/meter. If it's a dozen then it's probably per-roll. Inbetween I'm not sure.

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 30, 2024, 11:50:36 pm
content: Quoteand even if 50% of thats copper you got yerself around $20k going by the latest scrap price

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2024, 12:19:32 am
content: I find it extremely unlikely they have 4,999 boxes of 305m and that they are happy shipping a huge box for basically free

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2024, 01:27:33 am
content: Quote from: wraper on November 30, 2024, 10:24:26 pmI think you are right to be scared. I tried a calculation and came to 7.031kg copper per roll. Not to be sneezed at. But looking at the datasheet a roll weighs twice that. So someone looking to strip and scrap the copper could turn a profit but they'd be wise to factor disposal costs of at least as much plastic and packaging waste.Not to mention this stuff has 4 twisted pairs and I don't know much about stripping wire but that has to complicate things. But if you had the infrastructure to do it then 4999x 7kg is a tidy amount of copper. If you joined every conductor (305m/roll x 8conductors/roll x 4999 rolls x 1000m/km = 12,197km) you'd stretch it from Sydney to Los Angeles. And all for US$260 or AU$400 plus the effort involved.I was curious and looked herehttps://www.scrapmonster.com/scrap-metal-prices/copper-scrap/2-insulated-copper-wire-50-recovery/201If a roll of this stuff which weighs 14kg which is about 50% copper by weight fetches $3.25/kg then ordering the lot and directly shipping it to the local scrap merchant seems like a real money-maker. Over $220,000.Now I just need someone to tell me I did the calculations wrong and I know absolutely nothing about scrap metal recycling and Arrow don't really have 4999 rolls of this stuff. It's an incredible amount.Now where is this stuff shipped from and who knows the phone number of a nearby scrap merchant?

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 01, 2024, 01:29:41 am
content: Ordered ~80 positions including 5*100 units of those cables. $128 in total to be just above free shipping. Fucker website wiped out the cart just as I thought it's time to complete the order. Spent another 1.5 hours manually filling all back again from a "backup tab" I kept open just in caseIf those are really full rolls, there will be a big surprise for a delivery man

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2024, 01:37:16 am
content: Plot twist, "COPPER" is the trademark name for a type of conductive plastic that they used in those cablesIt stands for Conductive Organic Plastic Polymer Electronic Replacement.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 01, 2024, 02:06:13 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on December 01, 2024, 01:27:33 amBecause it's shielded Cat 6a 23AWG. Even if it's price per ft, still a great deal.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 02, 2024, 01:50:07 am
content: $0.88 4.5m 18 Gbps (4096 x 2160 at 60 Hz) rated HDMI cablehttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/p569-015-cert/tripp-lite$0.39 3m 4K@30Hz cablehttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/p568-010-bl/tripp-lite/

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 02, 2024, 02:32:07 am
content: I got my 1st order from Arrow the other day. Great bargains.One thing I found a bit disturbing was the excessive packaging. Now don't get me wrong: from the standpoint of protection, it's terrific packaging.However, one item came in an antistatic bag, and inside was a little box with "ATTENTION/Static Sensitive Devices/Handle Only at Static-Safe Work Stations". OK, I thought, that must be some of the chips I ordered.Turned out to be ... some small trimpots. Stuck in antistatic foam inside the box.Really? Is this necessary? I don't think a potentiometer is going to be damaged by ESD unless it's a lightning strike.And there were a lot of antistatic bags inside other antistatic bags.Now I realize that I'm looking at this from the POV of a hobbyist: commercial and industrial customers may have a different take on this packaging that looks to me like overkill. So what do y'all say?(I can certainly see ICs and other semiconductors, and certainly circuit boards packaged protectively like this.)

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 02, 2024, 06:21:43 am
content: Quote from: Analog Kid on December 02, 2024, 02:32:07 amFunny that you should bring that up...and it was one of the first items I bought in March. Yep, they were on sale too23 cents a bag of a 100. Regular price $6/bag.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 02, 2024, 09:51:28 am
content: My order was delivered today.Everything was correct and pretty much what we expected.There was one powersupply that turned out to be very large PCB mount brick (5V 8A), which was not apparent in the photo.But that's on us for not googling the part number. heh.The 2nd order has not shipped yet.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 02, 2024, 12:02:59 pm
content: Quote from: wraper on November 30, 2024, 10:24:26 pmIt shows as a datasheet only is available at this time.I wonder if it was really available or if someone actually ordered all of it.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 02, 2024, 12:26:14 pm
content: Quote from: wilfred on December 02, 2024, 12:02:59 pmI ordered 100, then from what I've seen someone ordered another 100, then it was gone the next day. My order is not dispatched yet.

author: scottapotamas
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 02, 2024, 12:58:59 pm
content: Quote from: wraper on December 02, 2024, 12:26:14 pmI threw 200 units into an order last night to hit the threshold for a 25% extra discount code (SAVE75 - $75 off >$300). Nothing from that order has shipped yet.I'm running on the assumption of unit=foot, as the napkin-maths mostly lines up.A$0.06/unit, so a 1000ft roll would be ~A$60. If that's the 75% discount price we'd expect A$250/box which is a bit low but sensible for 6a. Not sure what trade-price for Panduit is like though.Digikey's 1k list price is pretty offensive in the other direction.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 02, 2024, 01:23:43 pm
content: Quote from: scottapotamas on December 02, 2024, 12:58:59 pmIt's not regular 6a, high end heat resistant stuff, more like $800 per box. Also discounts are much more than 75%, for example no way that $0.03 3m ethernet patch cord would normally cost $0.12, more like up to 99%+ discounts.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 02, 2024, 10:33:31 pm
content: Quote from: Psi on November 30, 2024, 08:11:52 amIts a good deal but its such a limited band. They have wider band RF explorers, if those were on sale I would consider it, but this is just BT+WIFI.Quote from: Analog Kid on December 02, 2024, 02:32:07 amIts atrocious, Newark is almost as bad. Digikey is probably the best but still overpacks sometimes (puts prepack bags into another bag with a label).edit: just received a $2 circuit breaker from Arrow packed in a ESD safe box and wrapped up, idiots. These ESD boxes cost us about $2 each to buy, I'm sure Arrow pays less but still.

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2024, 01:31:26 am
content: On the other hand, Arrow never sends SSOP ICs in bags without any backing like Digikey does. Arrow sends ICs in tubes or trays or ESD boxes so they are not damaged during packaging and handling on their side. I complained to Digikey about ICs arriving with bent leads several times but they did not change their IC packaging. They offered sending a replacement once and i said OK, guess what - the replacement arrived in same double bag package and sure enough had damaged bent leads, LoL.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 03, 2024, 02:06:57 am
content: Global Specialties LD-200P Electronic load, 1/4 of original pricehttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/ld-200p/global-specialtiesCheap $469 Rigol DP822 (110/230V)https://www.arrow.com/en/products/dp822/rigol-technologies-inc$70 B&K 1550 PSU (110V)https://www.arrow.com/en/products/1550/bk-precision

author: scottapotamas
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2024, 03:08:07 am
content: Quote from: wraper on December 03, 2024, 02:06:57 amHaven't checked if they're still in stock, but I bought a DP832 at A$350 ($230USD) for comparison.It wasn't in the test equipment/power supply categories but in "Laboratory Supplies" - linguistically correct but miscategorised.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 03, 2024, 03:13:18 am
content: Quote from: scottapotamas on December 03, 2024, 03:08:07 amThere's no more DP832. While $469 for DP822 is not that great of a discount compared to others, still quite a bit cheaper than normal price. So I thought still worth mentioning, especially considering there are discount codes to reduce it further.

author: scottapotamas
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2024, 03:38:33 am
content: Quote from: wraper on December 03, 2024, 03:13:18 amYeah looks like someone found the last one or two (listed asAdafruit 2014).Always worth sharing finds like that though - I think I've spent 10-20 hours browsing over the past week...

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2024, 07:44:48 am
content: https://www.arrow.com/en/products/he1an-ac240v/panasonic?q=HE1AN-AC240VHE1AN-AC240V - RELAY SPST 30A (240V coil) with spade terminals, RRP $33 arrow $2.81https://www.arrow.com/en/products/cbhex1-24-wh/camdenboss-ltd?q=CBHEX1-24-WHCBHEX1-24-WH or CBHEX1-33-BKNice looking black or white hexagonal enclosure. The sort of thing you could mount on the wall of your home, it looks like it belongs there, rather than having a crappy electronics hobby box on the wall. I'm going to put IR leds in it and an ESP32 to make an IR blaster for Home Assistant control.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 03, 2024, 11:00:11 am
content: $0.13 US plug (100-240V) 5V 2A (Adafruit website says 2.5A) MicroUSB Power Adapterhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/1995/adafruit-industriesQuote from: scottapotamas on December 03, 2024, 03:38:33 amTheir broken website is killing me, so painful to find things.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 03, 2024, 11:16:45 am
content: $0.06 4-pack Alkaline AA batteries (ground shipping only)https://www.arrow.com/en/products/3349/adafruit-industriesAA battery holderhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/3286/adafruit-industries$0.08 TMP36 - Analog Temperature sensorhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/165/adafruit-industries$0.22 1.2 8x8 LED Matrix Square Pixel - Amberhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/1818/adafruit-industriesSame but greenhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/1624/adafruit-industries$0.30 EL wire 2.5 metershttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/408/adafruit-industries$0.98 Talking Toys Sounds Pack | 1759https://www.arrow.com/en/products/1759/adafruit-industries$1.24 solenoidhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/412/adafruit-industries$4.16 Multimeterhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/2034/adafruit-industries$18.71 Rigol LH1116 Active Logic Headhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/ds1000d/rigol-technologies-inc$255.14 B&K Precision MDL200 80V/40A/200W Load Modulehttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/mdl200/bk-precision

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2024, 03:18:37 pm
content: Hmm, I wonder if I could build a project entirely from these NRND devicesThose Adafruit displays look interesting.

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2024, 04:58:34 pm
content: Thanks for the list WraperI needed to bring another order over $100 so I added 20 each of the amber and green LED displays!

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2024, 09:12:12 pm
content: I tried to buy the AA batteries but it didn't work with free shipping.I wonder if they are adding stuff or we are just missing items due to the oddball naming and categories.DP932U is a slight discount $400:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/dp932u/rigol-technologies-inc

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 03, 2024, 10:45:28 pm
content: Another great deal are these heavy-duty 100 Ampstainless steelgrounding clipsI bought six of them to make ground cable jumpers for my MIG welder.32 cents each regular price around $25. There are 22 left:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/bu-11xpn/mueller-electric-company

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2024, 12:49:29 am
content: I never thought that I would find stuff on Arrow for my construction job. Well, I didScotch 3M 2090 Painter's Tape6" wideI ultimately bought 7 rolls in March for $2.25 a roll. Regular price $50 a rollhttps://www.adafruit.com/product/2416

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2024, 12:53:37 am
content: I just put my order in for a few items... Couldn't afford to get everything I wanted, unfortunately.One item that seems interesting is AAA NiMH batteries from Panasonic. (And the website is broken for me at the moment... Will come back with a link later)

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2024, 03:30:57 am
content: Quote from: rsjsouza on December 04, 2024, 12:53:37 amClear your cookies. Seemy earlier post about this, their website seems to do an equivalent of blocking you for daring to try and use it and buy things.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 04, 2024, 03:34:28 am
content: ^I suggest finding parts in incognito mode and then copying one link at a time to add them to the cart. Reduces chances of it wiping out your cart on next login every 15 minutes it kicks you out.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2024, 03:51:05 am
content: Quote from: rsjsouza on December 04, 2024, 12:53:37 amNow it is up:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/hhr-75aaab5b/panasonicQuote from: Whales on December 04, 2024, 03:30:57 amNah, I had this before. It was probably the number of opened connections while logged into their system. The functionality came back as sudden as it went.Overall, I suspect their website has several limitations regarding the number of opened and closed connections from the same IP. I had several tabs opened, one with each item, all while not yet logged in. When I was ready to place the PO I logged in, put all the parts in a BOM and then added them to the cart from each tab. This worked well.They asked if I would be willing to provide feedback after the sales is finished. I said yes. Perhaps they will improve their website.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 04, 2024, 03:57:05 am
content: Quote from: rsjsouza on December 04, 2024, 03:51:05 amIt will come back after a while. However if you use incognito or different browser, it will work right away. Deleting cookies helps too.

author: i509VCB
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2024, 06:41:51 am
content: Quote from: Psi on November 25, 2024, 10:07:32 pmThese look interesting but I have no idea if these are even worth $35. To confirm this ONLY works with the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands? So nothing in the 900 MHz band?

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2024, 08:02:43 am
content: Well that was painful. Both using the Arrow website and paying for more stuff. I want everyone to stop immediately placing more temptation in front of me.All I can say is I better not think of something I should have included.In the end I was cutting from the arrow website a search term and using another tab to find out more on Digikey etc. That's got to be embarrassing for Arrow.What a flaky website. Most irritating was it threw up something like "you are not authorised to use this server" and when it logged my off it took a few minutes before it would allow me back on. I don't know if bouncing the browser did anything useful other than to give something to do.

author: aeg
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2024, 10:10:10 am
content: Quote from: i509VCB on December 04, 2024, 06:41:51 am2.4GHz and 5GHz bands only. Here's the dope:https://www.seeedstudio.com/RF-Explorer-WiFi-Combo-p-2321.html

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2024, 11:00:06 am
content: I was just replying to an issue I raised about an item I ordered that came up described differently on the invoice printout. It was all correct by the part number in the end. I'm going to guess the human picks item strictly by the part number. So I got my $4 arduino MEGA2650 cloneshttps://www.dfrobot.com/product-655.htmlThey don't appear anymore on the Arrow website and for a day or so there was another listing with what I assume is the normal original sale price of AU$35 or so.But nothing appears now not even the "A datasheet is only available for this product at this time." placeholder.EDIT: It's a about 8 hours later and now they have reappeared. But not for AU$6.https://www.arrow.com/en/products/dfr0191/dfrobotI've already had one email from Arrow (as I type) asking what I want them to do with items where insufficient stock is on hand. I just told them to proceed with whatever is on hand. I expected that to happen when trawling the bottom of the barrel.I was happy with these for about 50cents eahttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/ctm-21cpn/cal-test-electronics?q=ctm-21cpn(none left)These toothless crocodile clips are 5cents and copper. I don't know what their specific purpose is but.I bought this for AU$6.30 ~US$4. Cal Test Electronics CT2837-2-50 and this is the Digikey listinghttps://www.digikey.com.au/en/products/detail/cal-test-electronics/CT2837-2-50/5874949This is where my inexperience may mean I come a cropper. I am expecting or hoping I bought a 50m spool of quite nice copper wire 18AWG. But I was looking at DIGIKEY and they say Quantity 50 unit price AU$3.825 and Ext price AU$191.25. So the ARROW price of AU$6.81 is double Digikey on a per meter basis. It is possible Arrow is double the price and that is where my inexperience would show up. However ct2837-4-50https://www.arrow.com/en/products/ct2837-4-50/cal-test-electronicsis AU$49. So I think I'm ok.And whilst I was looking at this wire I managed to work out what some will either know or find completely obvious, CT2837-4 and CT2837-2 are yellow and red. The resistor colour code applies. I only worked that out when I went to a manufacturers website and saw them in a list in the datasheet.And thanks to those who helped me find more stuff I didn't know I wanted.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2024, 11:22:11 am
content: Quote from: Psi on November 26, 2024, 11:22:42 amThey still have 3 of these left. AU$75 so somewhere near US$50. They list on Mouser for US$4500!!!! Someone should buy them and see about flipping them. No good to me in Australia.A 7inch TFT LCD screen for under $6? I wish i'd seen it earlier today. Why am I still looking? I'm not buying more dammit!https://www.arrow.com/en/products/dt070btft-hb-pts1/displaytech

author: SuperSVGA
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2024, 02:38:21 pm
content: Quote from: wilfred on December 04, 2024, 11:00:06 amDigikey's listing is likely $3.825 per meter, with a minimum package size of 50 meters for a total of $191.25, as opposed to the Arrow price of $6.81 for 50 meters.

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2024, 02:58:08 pm
content: About CT2837-50. You'll be getting a 50 meter spool of wireHere's the drawing...

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2024, 10:26:24 pm
content: There are a ton of those cal test wires, 50m for $2:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/ct2956-5-50/cal-test-electronics100MHz probe and some other junk for $18:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/gsa-3743/global-specialtiesnot amazing, but maybe ok if you are just getting started.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 05, 2024, 01:12:01 am
content: In my travels down the ARROW rabbit-hole yesterday I did get something of a lift from my novice education level. Meuller and Cal Test sold similar products and I did see cross referencing between them and I thought this would be helpful perhaps if you were trying to match up test clips with a compatible insulation sheath.But I defy anyone to tell me what this is. In under 10 minutes of searching. I got that far and took a pragmatic view that since it clearly wasn't anything in the picture and had a minimum order of 305 for $62.ARROW websitehttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/ct2878-4-100/cal-test-electronicsWeidmeuller websitehttps://catalog.weidmueller.com/catalog/Start.do?localeId=en&ObjectID=1764090000and if you then open the PDF datasheet it will tell you it weighs 0.348g is copper alloy and coloured black and is some form of PCB plug in connector.I am starting to see why companies might have specialists in sourcing components. They could have made this slightly less opaque.BNC-BNC 30cm cablehttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/bu-p2249-c-12/mueller-electric-companyBattery clip redhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/bu-x15400-2/mueller-electric-company(4x) andhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/bu-x15400-0/mueller-electric-company(1x) the later is 7centsYellow Bannana test lead 18AWGhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/bu-x15400-2/mueller-electric-companythis looked nice and copperhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/bu-116k-2/mueller-electric-companyI think the K means Kelvin.Anyway that's a few things I had in my cart but ruthlessly culled. Why I would cull a 7 cent battery clip I don't know but I guess that is why it was ruthless. I still bought a lot of stuff because it was so cheap.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 05, 2024, 01:58:37 am
content: Interesting, they shipped 99 out of the 100 pieces of that ethernet cable and refunded me 5 cents. I guess I got in the end of the queue despite ordering first. Still wonder what a "piece" does actually mean.Shipment notice says 39kg of stuff in total. So at least shouldn't be full boxes. Still not bad for $128 delivered to Europe. My next target are 2 meter long cable ductsEDIT: nope, it was just the last shipment notice. It's 25kg (in three packages)+39kg (2 packages), so $2 per kg of stuff. EDIT2: another shipment notice came in, +14kg LMAO.Quote

author: i509VCB
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 05, 2024, 04:44:29 am
content: A note on the RF explorer (https://www.arrow.com/en/products/114990162/seeed-technology-limited). I put it in my cart and at checkout it seems to have surprised me with a $32.48 tariff for a $35.63 bit of equipment. Interestingly the tarriff appears to be based off the prediscount price...Otherwise I seem to have made it out like a bandit for a bunch of DIP 74 series logic.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 05, 2024, 05:14:15 am
content: Quote from: i509VCB on December 05, 2024, 04:44:29 amIf arrow are heavily discounting something like your RF explorer then I would have thought it has been sitting on the shelf for years and the tariff was levied at the time of import. Well before it got old on the shelf.I suppose Arrow can't put the price of the tariff on before they know who will be paying it. I saw some warnings about tariffs but because I'm not in the US I wasn't charged any. I haven't seen a claim for GST yet either. AliX charge it at the time of order at 10% for us Aussies. At least they have in the past and I don't even bother checking it anymore.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 05, 2024, 05:21:51 am
content: I've checked my 50 item order and unpacked the first few layers. I spent a lot of time riffling through what felt like a ream of paperwork and when I got to the end there was one item unaccounted for.So I gathered up all the anti-static plastic bags and went through it from that side to see if I had it at one time. Still nothing. Then I took the box I dumped everything into as I was checking, I upended it and returned everything back into it. Still nothing. I was about to email Arrow but decided to go out for a walk first.It was under my phone.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 05, 2024, 06:15:11 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on December 05, 2024, 05:21:51 amI had a similar thing with some tubes of DCDC modules i got from digikey and mouser last week.I mixed them together before counting and then came up 150 short out of 600, twice.Was getting worried because I had no idea to know if it was digikey or mouser that was to blame.But a 3rd recount and magically i had 600

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 05, 2024, 06:26:59 am
content: Still a lot of enameled wire going cheap.The cheap 26awg could be used for a tesla coil secondary. In fact you'd get more than two of them out of 800m.16AWG 86.1m$14.60 vs $110 at digikeyhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/610216/cnc-tech-llc18AWG 136.6m$14.81 vs $111 at digikeyhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/610218/cnc-tech-llc20AWG 216.7m$15.31 vs $111 at digikeyhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/610220/cnc-tech-llc22AWG 346.4m$15.97 vs $120 at digikeyhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/610222/cnc-tech-llc24AWG 548.5m$15.71 vs $114 at digikeyhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/610224/cnc-tech-llc26AWG 877.5m$4.45 vs $114 at digikeyhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/610226/cnc-tech-llc34AWG 5594.6m$21.504 vs $119 at digikeyhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/610234/cnc-tech-llc

author: scottapotamas
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 05, 2024, 06:47:46 am
content: Few other things I've spotted while trying to pad out a small parts order for work:15 or 25A rated SSRs -https://www.arrow.com/en/manufacturers/tt-electronics--optek-technology/relays/solid-state-relaysAssorted low (1) stocked Panasonic SSRs going cheap -https://www.arrow.com/en/manufacturers/panasonic/relays/solid-state-relays?sortBy=calculatedPrice&sortDirection=ascRiedon high power chassis-mount resistors - examplehttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/search?q=BRS200&r=trueFibre (MM LC) SFP+ transcievers for $3 -https://www.arrow.com/en/products/sfppt-sr3-01/pulse-electronics-corporationLC fibre cables (MM) <$1 -https://www.arrow.com/en/manufacturers/assmann-wsw-components-inc/wire-and-cable/cable-assemblies/cable-assembly-fiber-optic

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 05, 2024, 06:59:55 am
content: Quote from: scottapotamas on December 05, 2024, 06:47:46 amYeah, there was also some bigger 300W version too. Not sure if they are still there.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 05, 2024, 07:14:16 am
content: I looked through the junk I ordered and even though this is getting old and the fashions have moved on, I thought I mention this ESP8266 board from Seeed. It has lost the touted internet cloud service apparently but as a stand alone dev board it may still have its use for only US$0.54.https://www.arrow.com/en/products/102110037/seeed-technology-limited%3FqOther resources here like schematics.https://www.arrow.com/en/products/102110037/seeed-technology-limited%3FqThere's hundreds of them available.As far as I know they use a connector they call "grove" but it looks like a fairly generic 4 pin JST style. I will find out if those "molex" breadboard wires will fit when they arrive.You can get a kit of sensors for $4https://www.arrow.com/en/products/110060131/seeed-technology-limitedbut I don't see any of the wires listed in the parts list herehttps://www.seeedstudio.com/Grove-Starter-Kit-for-Seeed-Studio-BeagleBoner-Green.html

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 05, 2024, 11:48:21 pm
content: Grove is 2mm JST-HY2.0.If you have JST-PH connectors those may fit. 2.54mm pin headers won't fit very well.https://www.omzlo.com/articles/is-the-seeed-studio-grove-connector-compatible-with-the-jst-ph-connectorhttps://x2robotics.ca/jst-ph-2mm-4-pin-to-female-socket-cable-200mm

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 07, 2024, 03:02:53 am
content: $0.37https://www.arrow.com/en/products/2560/adafruit-industriesThe same as thishttps://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Build-Yourself-Science-Laboratory/dp/1457186896Quote

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 07, 2024, 03:09:53 am
content: Why in hell do they sell crayons?https://www.arrow.com/en/products/1040/adafruit-industries$0.47

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 07, 2024, 03:38:28 am
content: $0.50 foot grounderhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/17271/desco-industries$0.61 FPV Nylon Pan and amp, Tilt Kit (Without Servo)https://www.arrow.com/en/products/fit0415/dfrobot$0.63 Silicone Sleeve for HUSKYLENShttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/fit0647/dfrobot$0.73 JustBoom Smart Remotehttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/jbm-017/pi-supplyLMAO $0.84 Halloween Cards (set of 5)https://www.arrow.com/en/products/3912/adafruit-industries$1.44 OSMC Remote Control | PIS-0445https://www.arrow.com/en/products/pis-0445/pi-supply$1.61 Heel Grounder, Hook and Loop, 2 Meg Resistorhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/24724/desco-industries$1.71 Foot Grounder, Sole, Small, 2Meghttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/07501/desco-industries^samehttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/17272/desco-industries$2.18 Stainless Medium Conductive Thread - 3 ply - 18 meter/60 fthttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/641/adafruit-industries^similarhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/640/adafruit-industrieshttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/640/adafruit-industries$3.13 Adafruit Beginner LED Sewing Kithttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/1285/adafruit-industries

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 07, 2024, 07:00:56 am
content: Quote from: wraper on December 07, 2024, 03:09:53 amIt seems like, at some point, they just bought 100 of everything Adafruit sells.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 07, 2024, 07:14:53 am
content: Why do Adafruit sell crayons if it comes to that? Its not as incongruous as Arrow but still.My question for Arrow regular customers. My last order is split between one item shipping from Hong Kong and 50 or so shipping from America. But the American items are listed in my order as "Est. Ship: 6 Jun 2025Est. Delivery: 10 Jun 2025". Which is obviously 6 months out from the time I placed the order. Is that unprecedented if not commonplace ? Either they are hoping I go away or they are sending a message that I shouldn't have trawled quite so close to the bottom of the barrel.

author: westfw
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 07, 2024, 07:48:40 am
content: QuoteThey sell some low-aged "STEM" toys, like "E is for Electronics" and "R is for Robot" coloring books. Might as well sell the crayons to go with them! (or, the coloring-book printers ship the books with crayons included?)

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 07, 2024, 03:50:43 pm
content: $73.42The Art of Electronics 3rd Edition by Horowitz Hill HARDCOVER - Third Editionhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/2356/adafruit-industries$17.87 iFixit Portable Anti-Static-Mathttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/pis-0983/pi-supply$4.09 MIKROE-2150 MikroElektronika Hexiwear Power User Packhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/mikroe-2150/mikroelektronika$4.67 Multilayer Piezoelectric Bimorph Actuatorhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/r11-244018-01/kemet-corporation$5.42 Peristaltic Liquid Pump with Silicone Tubinghttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/1150/adafruit-industries$5.44 LED RGB Wireless Remote Controllerhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/zctr-06/jkl-components

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 07, 2024, 04:32:12 pm
content: Quote from: thm_w on November 22, 2024, 01:26:41 amI got a few of those, I found that by removing two screws, you can pull out the assembly to reveal the speaker and the driver board. Simply clip out the board and wire it directly, now it's a compact, loud (but low fidelity) horn speaker.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 08, 2024, 12:56:31 am
content: Quote from: wraper on December 07, 2024, 03:50:43 pmNice, I would have grabbed one if I had seen it, I don't have a copy.But i'm not making a 3rd order. lol

author: up8051
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 08, 2024, 10:51:28 pm
content: Can I buy at Arrow as a private person?When trying to register the VAT ID field is required.

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 08, 2024, 11:27:09 pm
content: I can't see why not.Look up what it takes to get a VAT ID in Poland.It's probably similar in the way I have a Tax ID number from the IRS here in the USA.The government wants a traceable way to follow the cash in business transactions to see who ultimately gets bent over

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 08, 2024, 11:35:23 pm
content: Quote from: Smoky on December 08, 2024, 11:27:09 pmIt will be troublesome. It's not like you can just get VAT number and forget about it. You'll be routinely doing paperwork of a business.

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 09, 2024, 12:53:00 am
content: I'm in no way an actual business, and I had no trouble placing my first Arrow order.On the registration form where it asked for company info, I just filled it in with fake stuff. It's not like they do a Dun & Bradstreet check on new customers before registering them.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 09, 2024, 12:55:12 am
content: Quote from: up8051 on December 08, 2024, 10:51:28 pmodd, I didn't have to fill that out.And my primary address in the arrow profile says "Type: Personal Use"But maybe the form is country dependent.You could try N/A and cross your fingers.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 09, 2024, 02:29:44 am
content: Quote from: up8051 on December 08, 2024, 10:51:28 pmI'm just a private person and I would have registered in 2021 when I made a purchase. Maybe the rules have tightened up since but I have recently placed two orders. I just put N/A or none in any fields that don't apply to me. I tend to assume either they want orders or they aren't set up to sell to individuals. Maybe it is compliance with regulations or they don't do small quantities.

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 09, 2024, 11:32:42 am
content: When I last bought from Arrow they did DDP, so the VAT is paid before it gets to customs, is that still the case? For me they royally f'd up the DDP and left me with a customs bill and additional fees, after chasing around for months they finally refunded these costs, spoke to about ten different people in three different departments.Anyway, at least in the UK you don't need to register for VAT if turnover is less than about £80k, so many small/sole traders don't, because it means they have to charge their customers VAT and pay that to HMRC.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 09, 2024, 10:56:48 pm
content: Quote from: tom66 on December 09, 2024, 11:32:42 amThis is why I was worried about ordering under $100, if you order over $100 it very clearly says its DDP, all duties and fees are covered. I did that and it was fine.If you order under $100 the taxes and duties are on you, at least according to theirnotes.But I have not found report of someone who has ordered to see if this is actually the case or not.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 10, 2024, 12:47:49 pm
content: DDP for heavily discounted items is a bit odd.Usually the customs value of goods being shipped is not what you paid for the goods. It's their normal (undiscounted) value.So Arrow would be shooting themselves in the foot potentially paying a lot more in tax than they get from the sale.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 10, 2024, 10:46:44 pm
content: Since being marked for delivery on the 6th June 2025 my order did drop back to December delivery for a while and is now back out until 13th June 2025. Has anyone else had a similar experience recently? I am thinking this gets the order off some report that flags orders gone past the requisite shipping time. Fortunately it is only stuff I don't need urgently and only bought because it was cheap.I've thought of a few more things I wish I'd put on that order. I really want to stay away from their website so I don't get sucked into buying more cheap things.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 11, 2024, 12:21:08 pm
content: So I received most of the order. Those Panduit cat6A ethernet cables come by ft (still a good deal). Panduit connectors with -Q suffix come by piece, not in a pack as suffix suggests.

author: edavid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 11, 2024, 03:36:24 pm
content: I know we could all tell stories about Arrow packaging and shipping, but... I ordered 200 feet of one kind of silicone hookup wire, and they shipped it as:a 165' hank in one ESD baga 20' hank in another ESD bag15' wound on a large metal and cardboard reel (that could have held the whole 200'), placed in another, extra large ESD bagOh, and an 80 line item order ended up being shipped in 5 separate boxes on 4 different days

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 12, 2024, 02:15:51 pm
content: I finally decided to shake the tree and see why my order appeared to be stuck. I have to say the online support have been pretty good. I am cutting them some slack due to the time of year and that my order was dredging amongst some pretty low stock levels. Apparently one item couldn't be found, some alligator clips, big ones BU-11XPN. I asked them to cancel the matching paired insulating covers and they responded in 5 minutes to confirm they did. So I'm pretty happy with that service. Plus I got a 10% off voucher for my next order.But it did make me think they have way more insulating covers than corresponding clips. A bit like Raspberry Pi cases. There seemed no end to the number of companies making Rpi cases and some were listed as microcomputer cases without mentioning Rpi.I've been pretty good with avoiding continuing to trawl for more "bargains" but how deep is this rabbit-hole? The list of stuff I didn't know I wanted seems endless.I was intrigued by these but I know little about how to use this sort of camera. But it looked like a decent quality product. Only $8USdaA2500-60mm BCON for MIPI camera, 60 fps, 5 MP, Color, S-Mount, ON Semiconductor AR0521 CMOS sensor, Rolling Shutter, pylon SDKhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/107646/basler-vcI think this lens is suitable.https://www.arrow.com/en/products/2000035190/basler-vconly one dollar.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 13, 2024, 03:18:53 am
content: I've been quite surprised at how accurate their stock levels are.I order quite a few things that only had 1 in stock and they all shipped.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 13, 2024, 04:52:00 am
content: Even with my experience missing two items, one I got none, and one I received a smaller number, I am still surprised I got maybe 20 things where I ordered the remaining few items. And online support haven't stuffed me around so I'm not mad about it. I fully expected to have some discrepancies. But overall I also am surprised at how few errors have occurred.And at the prices of some things I've been buying I just cannot complain about the overall experience. A US$4 Arduino Mega is a bargain to me.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 13, 2024, 09:15:25 pm
content: Some comments about discounted CUI PSUs. If you're not sure which PSK series PSU variant to buy (PCB mount, terminal block or DIN rail), get DIN rail variant. Latter two are just potted PCB mount PSU soldered to adapter PCB with plastic frame. DIN rail version is the same as terminal block (-T) version but with aluminum DIN rail mounting plate screwed on. So if you need either version, you can just unscrew DIN mount or/and desolder actual PSU.Also there is another line of DIN rail PSUs. I ordered PDRB-30-12 which looks identical to Mornsun LI30-20BxxPR2https://www.mornsun-power.com/public/uploads/pdf/LI30-20BxxPR2.pdfHowever I took it apart and its internal layout is nearly identical to Mean-Well PDRB-30-5 I have, although actual components are not the same, enclosure is very slightly different. Dunno what collaboration or design copycat happens between those but it's weird. No manufacturer markings on PCB.

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 13, 2024, 09:22:37 pm
content: Arrow sent me an e-mail this morning.They said that "We miss you."They can't be serious

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 14, 2024, 02:18:12 am
content: $4.45 26AWG 0.45mm 877.5m (1Kg) magnet wire spoolhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/610226/cnc-tech-llc

author: up8051
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2024, 08:31:45 pm
content: What is the price quoted for: meters, feets ?https://www.arrow.com/en/products/1569-24-1-0500-011-1-ts/cnc-tech-llc

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 14, 2024, 08:42:23 pm
content: Quote from: up8051 on December 14, 2024, 08:31:45 pmIt's clearly written "Parts Sold By Foot"

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2024, 11:27:31 pm
content: Quote from: wraper on December 14, 2024, 02:18:12 amOr as I call it, copper theft.

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 15, 2024, 12:46:22 am
content: I looked around for shielded wire and found this from Tensility:Yeah, its outer shield is spiral wound, the jacket is PVC, and the copper conductor is tin-plated, but all-in-all, not a bad deal for 3 cents a meter.I bought the clear type but other colors are available.A decent substitute to spruce-up a plain-Jane projecthttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/30-00346/tensility-international

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 15, 2024, 01:55:54 am
content: Quote from: wraper on December 14, 2024, 08:42:23 pmI dispute that it clearly says "parts sold by foot" or even says it at all. In my recent experience searching the Arrow website it distinguishes itself by how NOT clear it says how wire is sold.If I search 1569-24-1-0500-011-1-TS on Digikey AU I get a price of $9.16 and they have 8 in stock and furthermore the length is 15.24 meters and not 152.4 as Arrow have it listed.I have come to the conclusion that if the list display says "per unit" then you get the number of units of cut length you order otherwise you get the wire as packaged by the manufacturer. i.e. the spool length. This one says "per unit" if you go back to a list of wire but when you click on the link to get an individual product it doesn't say it again and only says xxx parts and increments of 1 , minimum of 1. But "sold by foot" I'm not seeing it. And anyway why foot and not meter. The spool is listed as 152.4m and presumably the 900 units they have is 6 spools. Is a unit, a meter, or a foot? I'm not sure based on anything I have read.With my limited experience buying wire online I can say nothing is clear at all. It is some sensible comparisons, logic and blind hope you understand the system correctly.So if it says sold by foot, or meter somewhere then I really want to know.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 15, 2024, 02:12:42 am
content: ^Dunno what's your problem.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 15, 2024, 02:14:45 am
content: https://www.cnctech.us/pdfs/1569-XX-1-0500-0XX-1-TS.pdfQuote

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 15, 2024, 02:17:24 am
content: Wilfred, the Tensility wire that I refer to reads "by the meter."

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 15, 2024, 02:22:57 am
content: Wilfred, we understand, I certainly understandStep away from the computer!

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 15, 2024, 03:59:32 am
content: Quote from: wraper on December 15, 2024, 02:12:42 amOh that! Yeah, well you see that wasn't there before. Never seen it.Ok no-ones believing that, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it.My alternate fallback excuse is to confess I have a long standing medical condition called "Independence Day Syndrome". It was first diagnosed years ago when I was in a video rental store (long ago) and Independence day was the latest blockbuster movie after looking I turned to the clerk at the counter and asked "Do you have Independence Day? the response was Yes, they're on the wall right in front of you. At least a hundred copies. Well a 2m wall of them, but lots.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 15, 2024, 04:01:17 am
content: Quote from: Smoky on December 15, 2024, 02:22:57 amMaybe it's time. Thanks.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 15, 2024, 04:16:50 am
content: Not to want to keep digging myself deeper into this hole but...I really don't understand how the Arrow website works. These are just a few chosen for no particular reason to make me feel less of a fool. And the one that shows per foot, putting mea culpa jesting aside, It wasn't there when I posted earlier and since being shown it I had a quick look at some other wire it must have been and I was shown sold per meter. It's explicit but I'm not sure which it should be. I would think I would be shown the same for everything because to mix it up for no readily apparent reason must lead to greater chances of mistakes. Which in the grand scheme of metric/non metric argument is the reason for a common system of measurement.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 15, 2024, 04:30:07 am
content: ^That's expensive. If going for silicone wires, there is plenty of very cheap CnCTech wires and some Adafruit stuff in small spools that's still available left but going out of stock quickly. All with units properly shown from what I've seen.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 15, 2024, 04:48:21 am
content: Quote from: wraper on December 15, 2024, 04:30:07 amNot sure if you're responding to the examples I showed. They are just ones I picked off the search quickly just because they were near the top.I did pick up some Adafruit 3164/3165 30AWG 15m rolls for AU$0.13. I didn't buy all they had but there are none left.Some of the things I bought were so cheap I couldn't help myself. Like these Neopixel strips from Adafruit for US$0.50 or AU$0.81.https://www.arrow.com/en/products/2562/adafruit-industriesI bought 10. Also none left.Interestingly (to me at least) those Arduino Mega clones that I bought for about AU$6.15 and don't seem to be able to shut-up about are now correctly described and twice the price. They were described on my invoice as "DIN Rail Mount Bracket for Arduino Mega". Still cheaper than you'd find elsewhere for a clone but I seem to have gotten an unintentional bargain.https://www.arrow.com/en/products/dfr0191/dfrobot

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 18, 2024, 06:35:03 am
content: How the hell do these guys stay in business?Their website is a fucking joke! A really bad one.Occurs to me that trying to order from them (I've been attempting to find stuff for an order off and on for a couple hours now) is like trying to order something from overseas using a shortwave radio with lots of interference.The site keeps going "down". Except the site doesn't go down (down.com says "it's you"). It just becomes inaccessible.The only way to keep track of what you're buying is to use the BOM tool.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 18, 2024, 06:57:41 am
content: Quote from: Analog Kid on December 18, 2024, 06:35:03 amYes, we know. read the thread.

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 18, 2024, 08:09:20 am
content: I have. Just venting.

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 18, 2024, 12:17:13 pm
content: Honestly of the major vendors, only Mouser and Digi-Key have good websites. Digi-Key have managed to make their website "web 3.0" improved without completely screwing the pooch; it is still responsive, well laid out and useful. Farnell, on the other hand, dear god, that website is deranged. It has been a factor in my purchasing/searching decisions.

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 19, 2024, 12:27:39 am
content: Quote from: tom66 on December 18, 2024, 12:17:13 pmJameco's website is so-so. Fairly well organized, but no parametric search, and hard to search for exact parts because of the idiosyncratic way in which part descriptions are written. (E.g., power transformer descriptions are all over the place: "12VCT", "12.6 VCT", "12V center tap", "6.3/6.3V", etc., etc.) They need to come up with a consistent naming scheme and stick to it.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 19, 2024, 12:39:50 am
content: Quote from: tom66 on December 18, 2024, 12:17:13 pmI find Farnell is just about bearable if I need something tomorrow, but RS.... let's just not go there - totally hopeless.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 19, 2024, 12:45:02 am
content: Quote from: tom66 on December 18, 2024, 12:17:13 pmTrue but still plenty of room for improvement - like being able to make "exclude marketplace" and "In stock" persistent. It can also fail in annoying ways on slow connections - when you try entering order qty before the page has fully loaded and it loses the value you just entered as it's thinking about qty price breaks.Search is also a bit too wide - e.g. if I type in "1K resistor" I don't want to see 1.1K, 9.1K etc. They also haven't fully accepted the nanofarad.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 19, 2024, 03:51:59 am
content: I gave them a bit of feedback to one of the surveys they send after making an enquiry about your order. You can shoot for the moon or just be practical and suggest a few simple things that were annoying. I said the photos on each product listing should expand out to a reasonable size instead of just repeating the same size image. The photos should be showing the correct colour like a binding post or wire. The datasheet shouldn't simply download a pdf and even if it does it should have a meaningful name so I can go back to my downloads folder and find it by name.If they were going to redesign the architecture of the website surely they'd already know that and if it was considered worthwhile business-wise, do it. I'm not going to make many orders from Arrow since I can get free shipping for normal priced products from Element-14 in Australia for less than half the order value.And I have been getting some SMS text messages from DHL (yes I'm still waiting for my second order) inviting me to authorise a no-signature delivery. I expect to be home and I am not really concerned about security just leaving the box on the doorstep. It'll probably be a pretty big box. But when I started going through the procedure to authorise leaving the box outside I got the typical blurb to absolve DHL from all responsibility which you kinda have to expect. But would I be unwise to do that? If I can be home should I not do that? Am I being a bit too paranoid?

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 19, 2024, 10:00:19 pm
content: Quote from: wilfred on December 19, 2024, 03:51:59 amNa, the main problem is the people high up in most companies, who actually have the power to fix things, don't actually know how things work at the lower levels of the company. You could say they don't care, but it's mostly that they just don't know there is a problem so it never gets fixed.It's one of the reasons why the Musk approach of showing up in the trenches once in a while with the power to fix problems and remove roadblocks works so well.

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2024, 04:45:35 am
content: Psi, remember when you first posted the price for this CNC Tech transformer wire? They were $1.22 to $1.28 a roll for the 600232, 600230, 60026, 600224, and the 600222 with a regular price of $115 each. I bought 6 rolls.Well, I'm working on a project right now where I'm going to attempt to modify a small transformer and I believe the gauges of magnet wire that I need are amongst themYou must own a crystal ball

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2024, 04:49:26 am
content: Quote from: Smoky on December 22, 2024, 04:45:35 amDon't you love it when a plan comes together.

author: westfw
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2024, 02:26:37 am
content: SO MANY last-generation high power white LEDs, likehttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/jb2835awt-w-u35ga0000-n0000001/cree-led

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2024, 02:48:37 am
content: Quote from: westfw on December 23, 2024, 02:26:37 amHuh???

author: scottapotamas
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2024, 02:50:25 am
content: Quote from: Analog Kid on December 23, 2024, 02:48:37 amThe single unit price is smaller than the 2 decimal places will show by default - add a quantity and you'll see a net price, i.e. qty10 are 3 cents.

author: squadchannel
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2024, 03:22:27 am
content: I'll buy one for the GPS antenna.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2024, 03:47:32 am
content: Quote from: Smoky on December 22, 2024, 04:45:35 amhaha, awesome. it was such a great deal

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2024, 04:54:50 am
content: They might have been cheap but now that I've unpacked everything I can see I have WAY TOO MANY alligator clip leads, actual copper alligator clips (97) and test lead wire. I could be making test leads still by next christmas.And when you get your orders and there are a bag of 97 little alligator clips or 60 binding posts would you count each one? I did and it was spot on. But I also got some Adafruit 3W-9W RGB LEDs 20 of them and there were 21. I counted twice. They've been so accurate I wonder if they just threw the last one in to be rid of them. The whole lot was cheaper than a single one at Mouser. I couldn't resist 30cents ea.Now to dispose of the packaging. Holy Mackerel!

author: MathWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2024, 11:22:57 am
content: I'm trying to look at the website from Canada, but get an insecure connection problem, and can't view anything. Anyone else from North America have that problem ??

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2024, 01:15:28 pm
content: Quote from: MathWizard on December 23, 2024, 11:22:57 amNot from Nth America. Are you talking about a mostly blank white screen with a bit of text in the upper left saying something like "You are not authorised on this server?" I'm relying on memory, but got that a few weeks ago when I was scouring the catalog.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2024, 05:17:15 pm
content: If that is the issue, clear the cookies for Arrow.com

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2024, 06:16:22 pm
content: I just placed another order with Arrow just moments ago. Get this, I first went through my list of part numbers to check quantities and price.A minute later I went back to fill the basket. One item's price shot up from 37 cents to $33So just in the time between checking quantities and price someone else purchased an item I planned on buying.This triggered Arrow's computer system to automatically raise the priceWell, that triggered me to cross that item off my list

author: Smoky
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2024, 06:27:20 pm
content: What an absolutely wild ride this has been shopping at Arrow!One of the items I bought today was a Cal Test N to N test cable CT-3331-100 for $8.I went back see if the cable dropped off of Arrow's inventory.I see no quantities but the original price is listed as $255

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 23, 2024, 11:36:15 pm
content: Quote from: MathWizard on December 23, 2024, 11:22:57 amWorks fine here, shipping is expensive though below $100 USD.Is there anything specific you were going to get.

author: westfw
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 29, 2024, 10:23:51 am
content: Hmmph.Missed out on a product that I was hoping no one else would notice, and ended up getting charged "tariffs" that I think exceeded the price of the items they were applied to.Pretty annoyed about the tariff thing; there really ought to have been a way to see those charges on a per-item basis before the "order confirmation."Quote(and it's not a very informative invoice, either. Lacks any descriptions!that's a "Mini Round Robot Chassis Kit - 2WD with DC Motors", hopefully.)

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 29, 2024, 10:50:37 am
content: Surely you couldn't have been surprised by tariffs. But are you saying they were calculated at the pre-discount price? I'm in Australia so I don't have to pay them but I'm still curious. If I've paid the Australian GST (Goods and Services Tax) on my orders it hasn't been itemised. Or the bill is still on its way.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 29, 2024, 11:20:56 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on December 29, 2024, 10:50:37 amArrow isn't GST registered in NZ, so I doubt they are in AUS.They only have to register if they do more than, I think, $60k of sales to NZ in a year, and I think AUS is similar.And there really isn't much enforcement of that rule going on expect for well known marketplaces.

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 29, 2024, 01:19:15 pm
content: Quotebest get used to it as its seemingly gonna get worse for you in about a month

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 30, 2024, 06:35:44 pm
content: Quote from: westfw on December 29, 2024, 10:23:51 amIt was not obvious to see this info but it was possible. I went back-and-forth many times between the "Proceed to checkout" and "Add BOM to cart" to see the exact charges per line item. I then removed the products where the "tariffs" and the shipping cost breakdown turned the offers very uninteresting (some cheap alkalines and rechargeables were in the mix, for example).

author: westfw
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 26, 2025, 06:11:20 am
content: It's hard to believe, but their web site seems to be getting WORSE.Used to be that if I got kicked off after the time limit, I could wait a while (for something), and then reconnect successfully.Now, seems thing more permanent, or require much more effort to get back in. :-(

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 26, 2025, 12:25:53 pm
content: Quote from: westfw on January 26, 2025, 06:11:20 amIt was the same for me last year when i started looking for discounted things to buy.At first it was just short timeouts, then they got longer, then i needed to fully clear cache and cookies.Then i needed to both wait and also clear cache and cookies.I think it's a combination of a badly written website, An aggressive anti-bot system, and a per-IP bandwidth/data limit.

author: CaptainBucko
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2025, 05:27:11 am
content: A bit late to the party, all I really wanted was some Rasberry Pi 2040 Demo boards but I ended up down the rabbit hole searching for bargains on stuff I probably didn't need right now, but will in the future. 300 items later, shipped in 13 different international priority shipments to Australia (probably 25 boxes in total). No issues with customs (even though I could not find GST stated on the paperwork). My only grief came as I tried to order items from multiple locations (ie: USA and Netherlands), and the free shipping failed to work. It was only a few items amongst many, so I removed them. This thread and the tips included were very helpful.I will never understand how on earth they free shipped me 1.4km of 16 AWG dual core double insulated DC power cable (https://www.arrow.com/en/products/30-00681/tensility-international) for $60 AUD total. Probably worth more in scrap value.Not sure what I'll do with 5.7km of 1.6mm heat shrink (https://www.arrow.com/en/products/q2-f-116-01-ss1000ft/qualtek-electronics) - I thought I was buying 19meters for $0.03c AUD but instead got 19 reels of 300meters each (Is that $0.000005c/meter?).Plenty of great cable tie deals like the PLT8H-C for $0.02c AUD ea (https://www.arrow.com/en/products/plt8h-c/panduit) - now fully armed for a citizens arrest.Pricing movement is very weird - as others have said, can change by a factor of 10x in an instant, either up or down.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2025, 07:12:45 am
content: Quote from: CaptainBucko on April 23, 2025, 05:27:11 am

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 23, 2025, 11:53:45 am
content: Rigol DG1022Z siggen $260, 1 left.https://www.arrow.com/en/overstock/50-75-off?prodLine=Signal+Generators&q=50+-+75%25+Off+Clearance+Products+2024

author: scottapotamas
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2025, 05:53:40 am
content: I was just doing an order for work and found some firesale items that weren't there last year. I'm trying not to increase my 'might need that later' storage problem.If anyone's interested:'7 piece' Knipex (4 hand tools, 3 screwdrivers, pouch) at A$140 from ~A$400ish. 2 in stock.https://www.arrow.com/en/products/9k-98-98-26-us/knipex-werkA lot of "Mallory Sonalert" are going cheap - panel mount buzzers/lights, various 1/2/3 colour light-towers.Honeywell sensors, lots of automotive OEM style pressure/flow/prox/angle sensors going cheap-ish.Obsolete Honeywell particulate sensors, examplehttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/ih-pmc-002/honeywellat A$10 from '$40'Obsolete current sensors, this TDK onehttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/cct354571-300-24-00/tdkis pretty cheap but AC, Honeywell automotive ones are DC and about half-price (i.e. $20 each)More fun to think about than actually buy: Honeywell Aerospace n580-A253 DGPS+INS module for A$3k. Digikey pricing around $40k.https://www.arrow.com/en/products/68910580-a253/honeywell. Think I also saw a matching RS422 cable going out cheap-ish (few hundred instead of 1k) as wellSome Kilo International CNC aluminium knobs are in the single dollars range, grabbed dozen across some different lines for a personal project.https://www.arrow.com/en/products/search?prodLine=Control+Knobs&filters=Kilo%20International:&q=Kilo+International

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2025, 06:30:36 am
content: Quote from: scottapotamas on October 14, 2025, 05:53:40 amThat 7 piece' Knipex set is a really great deal.I would grab one but I really don't need it and shouldn't be spending money atm so i'll leave it for someone else, I'm sure the 2 will be gone super fast

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2025, 07:12:16 am
content: Here's a mystery, what is this test equipment? You have to buy 253 of them to find out. Only $62.74https://www.arrow.com/en/products/614-1/te-connectivityThere's very little specifics on the arrow page. but I found an old test report that says "Discontinuity tester 1", "614-1" and "Mertronics" and links that to "DM600-10A"I did some digging for DM600-10A and found an old meter called DM600 but the datasheet doesnt say Mertronics so I think that is a coincidencehttps://www.lumberjacktools.co.uk/manuals/DM600.pdfI also found some data of someone shipping "MERTRONICS DISCONTINUITY MONITOR MODEL DM600-10A S/N 1018-3" and the HS code was 90318000Which is "HS Classification of Other instruments, appliances and machines"https://en.52wmb.com/supplier/105089821(you have to view source to see it)I also found this in a patent."The duration of each of these square wave pulses is measured by the discontinuity monitor 40.The discontinuity monitor 40 is available as model number DM600-10 from Associated Testing Laboratories, Inc.The measured duration may be indicated by LEDs. For example, a green LED represents a 0.1 micro second discontinuity, a yellow LED represents a 1 micro second discontinuity and a red LED represents a 10 micro second discontinuity. Longer discontinuities may be indicated by simultaneously illuminating two of the LEDs."Found this on a map site"They offer a range of models, including the DM600-10 1usec 100mA Discontinuity Monitor, the DCM1012 Digital Contact Monitor, and the NS250-10 2nsec Event Detector, designed to meet the requirements of Mil-Standards, ASTM, and EIL."https://www.mapquest.com/us/massachusetts/mertronics-llc-406431574I found an image of the DCM1012 herehttps://www.ebay.com/itm/254533248543So I guess the DM600-10 is similar in style to that but it monitors Discontinuity.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2025, 07:19:17 am
content: Sounds like a fancy continuity tester for detecting momentary opens, perhaps in connectors under vibration testing

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2025, 07:46:24 am
content: Thankyou scottapotamas, bought one of the knipex sets. Hope my brother will enjoy itGot excited by some expensive crimpers going cheap, but after some research it always turns out the picture is wrong and it's just a plastic pin extractor. Eg thishttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/130271/bulgin-components-plcPlastic spudgers at an OK price:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/pis-0961/pi-supplyBunch of wiha bits:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/45509/wiha-tools-usahttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/76844/wiha-tools-usahttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/76502/wiha-tools-usahttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/74559/wiha-tools-usahttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/76545/wiha-tools-usa<-- set of 10 for 3.16USD, but Phillips #3I can't believe the arrow website is still insanely broken in all browsers. In the last half hour it has repeatedly failed to add items to my cart (do you not want to take my money?!?!?), hid the page header, refused to sort listings and claimed listing are empty. Now even the bulk/BOM import tool seems broken! It says everything is out of stock. I can't understand how you guys use this site for work, even Aliexpress is better than this

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2025, 07:52:53 am
content: These LED bar graph amp-meters are kinda cool lookinghttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/dmr35-dcma2-dc1-r/murata-manufacturingdamnit, yeah website isn't working for me now as well. It's so buggy

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2025, 07:55:52 am
content: RE cheap discontinuity meter253 for 64USD...If you add 253 of them to your cart then check shipping: it looks cheap and standard (22USD FedEx, 61USD DHL). This makes me suspect they're 0.1g pins/connectors, not multi-kilogram instruments.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2025, 08:09:09 am
content: Quote from: Whales on October 14, 2025, 07:55:52 amIt's possible, maybe probable, but Arrow had a whole lot of cheap stuff, including bigger stuff, listed in the past, so I'm not sure.Definitely a risk you will end up with 253 terminals for the meter rather than the meter, heheThey do have 3,680 in stock so more likely to be something other than the actual test equipment itself.If it is real i'm sure they will email asking you to pay more for shipping.Arrow had a lot of old stock, so its not entirely out of the realm of possibility there was a back room of their warehouse full of pallets of them.Not something i want even if i could get 253 for $64USD.I guess being more of a test-house type instrument the market for them is so small why would they ever buy that many.I found a photo of it.

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2025, 08:41:17 am
content: QuoteThis one by TE?Here's a 1990 patent for an "Optical discontinuity monitor" system by "AMP incorporated" (who was later acquired by TE)https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/f9/e7/c7/f67b0b354d4124/US4940892.pdfSadly there is also aDeutsch connector made by TE called the 614-1, and it looks like the above linked testing report lists Deutsch connectors & pictures of housings for them.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2025, 09:21:27 am
content: Quote from: Whales on October 14, 2025, 07:55:52 amor replacement parts/accessories like prope tips or cables

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2025, 09:52:10 am
content: I sent them an email to ask what it was and if they can add a photo.Will let you know if/when i get a reply.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2025, 11:20:10 am
content: Quote from: Psi on October 14, 2025, 09:52:10 amReply I gotThank you for your inquiry. Unfortunately, we do not have a listing on this part, so this is a no-bid on our end. However, you can reach out to your local Arrow rep (ISR or CSR) or to Converge, an Arrow company, which is our global independent distributor or on the website atwww.converge.comand they can look into sourcing these parts for you!

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2025, 08:12:30 pm
content: "No-bid" ? Please don't tell me Arrow operates internally like an auction house full of squirrels.Sounds like properly answering your question is too hard, so they've intentionally misconstrued it as another. If Arrow lists an item for sale then it's Arrow's responsibility to provide a description of the item, squirrels or no squirrels.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2025, 09:37:29 pm
content: Quote from: Whales on October 14, 2025, 08:12:30 pmyep, got a cookie cutter answer because they can't be bothered.

author: CaptainBucko
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2025, 11:25:19 pm
content: Quote from: Whales on October 14, 2025, 07:46:24 amHere is the technique I use. Stay logged out. Use Firefox in private browsing mode. Change to the currency you want to see. Filter by 'in stock" then sort by price. Identify the items you want and put them into an Excel (Arrow part # and quantity), so you can use the BOM import. You will get 20-30 page loads in this method before you the website errors. At that point, restart your browser, and keep going. Once you are done, start your browser in normal mode, login, upload the BOM. One warning : The free shipping does not work anymore if the shipping warehouses are are in different countries. You will see the warehouse when you go to pay. If I have 100 items and 3 are in the Netherlands warehouse, i remove them from my cart as its too much grief to resolve.

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 14, 2025, 11:29:34 pm
content: Quote from: CaptainBucko on October 14, 2025, 11:25:19 pmDidn't work yesterday. As per my post: the BOM tool would claim every single item is out of stock.Instead I had to:1. Start a private browsing session2. Login to bring my cart back.3. Paste in the URLs of parts I want and hit "Add to cart", until the site breaks4. Restart from step 1, until the cart had everything I want.This was for a cart of approx 10 line items

author: CaptainBucko
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 15, 2025, 12:25:58 am
content: My wife has banned me from any future arrow buys, so in the spirit of helping you get into marital trouble as well, here are some items I have bought in the last 12 months that are still good deals:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/30-01248/tensility-international- $0.03c USD per meter (I would grab the entire 1.6km if you reach the free shipping threshold). There is more value in scrap than this cost!https://www.arrow.com/en/products/rt-3-no.2-0-sp8mm heat shrink for $0.03c USD for 1.2m lengthshttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/erop7sa/weller-tools- $5.49usd for some nice bent nose tweezers for SMD solderinghttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/qblp655-ib/qt-brightek-corporation- $0.0033c USD for Blue SMD LEDShttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/30-00346/tensility-international- $0.0308c USD per meter for Shielded single core 24AWG wirehttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/bu-11xpn/mueller-electric-company- $0.42c ea for some 150mm stainless alligator clampshttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/esdevm/texas-instruments- $0.78c USD for the ESDEVM PCB which has about $18USD worth of SMA launch connectors that can be easily recovered (plus some banana sockets)https://www.arrow.com/en/products/d1x2lg6/panduit?q=D1X2LG6- $0.0024c USD per foot of cable ductinghttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/ssb1-48f01-4080-00/opulent-americas-inc?q=SSB1-48F01-4080-00- $0.30c USD ea for 22" LED stripshttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/ct2148-100-4/cal-test-electronics- $2.11 USD for 2m long silicon test leadshttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/10-02743/tensility-international- $0.09 USD for 500mm 3 Way 5.5mm DC power cables 18AWGThere are more variants of the items above if you go searching.

author: CaptainBucko
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 15, 2025, 12:28:08 am
content: Quote from: Whales on October 14, 2025, 11:29:34 pmYeah I do recall it would occasionally not work - and also some items the BOM upload tool could not find, and you needed to manually "Add to cart" as described.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 15, 2025, 01:33:40 am
content: Lots of screwdrivers, hard part is searching through any of it.9/64" hexhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/36728/wiha-tools-usa$2precision torx sethttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/26799/wiha-tools-usa$torque handlehttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/28408/wiha-tools-usa30MHz differential probehttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/ct4447-1/cal-test-electronics$15050A current shunthttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/dfr0245-g/dfrobotmems mic boardhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/sen0487/dfrobotmore pm2.5 sensorshttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/sen0177/dfrobotI2C CO2 sensor:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/t3022-1-5k-5-1/amphenolco2, humidity, pm2.5 sensor kit:https://www.arrow.com/en/products/aas-lds-uno-rh-co2/amphenol16GB microSDhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/acsdxx300000/pi-top$2128GB SDhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/isdd33k-128gr/adata-technology-co-ltd$11

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2025 11:03:09 am
content: UPDATE on magic discontinuity meter of doomhttps://www.arrow.com/en/products/614-1/te-connectivityArrow support got back to my request for more information:Sorry guys, just a connector or crimp.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2025 12:09:59 pm
content: heh, the curse of arrows shitty descriptions strikes again.I reckon they sometimes overwrite old/discontinued product IDs when adding new items and forget to clear out the old data.