Not a bad haul for $15 (Tayda Electronics) - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Skyfox
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2015, 06:14:57 am
content: Doing a quick search I see several other people on this board like buying from Tayda Electronics. I bought some IC sockets from them a few years ago when I was working on repairing some Commodore 64s, and I remembered that what they sold was a good price and decent quality, so I went back for this stuff because I'm trying to teach myself electronics and needed some parts. I'm quite impressed at how much stuff I got for not much money, and also impressed that everything can be purchased in single-unit quantities while still having such cheap prices (only rule is a $5 minimum on the total order). I also like how everything is in its own ziplock baggie and custom labeled with exactly the quantity I ordered. I went with the slowest shipping option, which was only a couple more bucks, and it arrived in 9 days. [Note: it was addressed from Colorado.] Here's a breakdown of stuff here:NE555 IC 555 Timer DIP-8 10 $1.30 (13¢ each)NE556 General Purpose Dual Bipolar Timer ic 1 $0.25TL494CN TL494 PWM Power Supply Controllers IC 2 $0.76 (38¢ each)Red Binding Post 4 $1.00 (25¢ each)4mm Stackable Type Banana Plug Black 4 $0.84 (21¢ each)4mm Stackable Type Banana Plug Red 4 $0.84 (21¢ each)Prototyping Board 142x74mm 4 $5.40 ($1.35 each)Small StripBoard 94x53mm (Copper) 4 $2.64 (66¢ each)9V 9-Volt Battery Clip / Connector Snap 5 $0.50 (10¢ each)2 x AA Battery Holder 2 $0.32 (16¢ each)3 x AA Battery Holder 2 $0.52 (26¢ each)4 x AA Battery Holder 2 $0.72 (36¢ each)The ICs are all Texas Instruments branded, not some no-name crap. And apparently I forgot to buy black binding posts along with the red ones. Oh well. Back when we had Radio Shack around here, the 555 timers alone would have cost me over $15. Now the question is, what do I build? (And when do I find the time to tinker in the lab?)[Correction: The N556 dual timer is by STMicroelectronics, not TI.]Edit: I have one gripe with the binding posts in that they have no through-holes in the shafts for sticking wires through and binding them down. I'll have to drill them out myself.

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2015, 07:48:45 am
content: I notice the footer of their frontpage contains links to a company called www . yameteh . com The content is (at first glance!) adequately described by the visible text:QuoteHmmm.

author: Deathwish
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 01, 2015, 11:21:28 am
content: I personally take no notice of any branding on any item purchased from those countries, they love to forge and clone stuff.

author: old gregg
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2015, 11:39:46 am
content: I've been buying stuff from tayda for ages now (from ebay and from their online store). Never had an issue with them and always had branded ICs.

author: Deathwish
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 01, 2015, 12:00:13 pm
content: where is their ebay store ?.

author: old gregg
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2015, 12:36:36 pm
content: http://www.ebay.com/usr/tayda2009?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

author: Deathwish
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 01, 2015, 12:37:34 pm
content: Thanks

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2015, 01:42:51 pm
content: Quote from: tggzzz on August 01, 2015, 07:48:45 amThat's weird. All marked as display:none. May be SEO.

author: old gregg
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2015, 02:09:10 pm
content: oh and there's a coupon code valid until august 3rd15% Discount Coupon Code : HOT15**EXCLUDING ENCLOSURES CATEGORY****Valid till 3 AUGUST 2015 ( 6pm New York time )

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2015, 02:23:40 pm
content: Quote from: zapta on August 01, 2015, 01:42:51 pmI don't think it was placed there by Tayda; might be injected by a SEO hacker. It uses JavaScript to hide the links. (All this will tend to do is increase Tayda's search ranking slightly to users looking for porn, and I doubt those users will click and think "I'd better buy some electronics" if/when they come across Tayda in their results...)Incidentally yameteh is extremely similar to another (NSFW!) site called thisav . com ...

author: Skyfox
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2015, 04:01:47 pm
content: I'm not seeing anything like that on their page, even with my ad block completely disabled. Are you sure you're looking at the right site?http://www.taydaelectronics.comQuote from: tggzzz onTodayat 03:48:45 AM

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2015, 04:20:16 pm
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