Where do you buy your electronic parts from? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: josh132
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2021, 02:50:01 am
content: Where do you buy your electronic parts from? Digikey, Mouser, LCSC, fry's electronics, etc. I get mine from digikey. and sometimes from my local fry's electronics.

author: rstofer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2021, 03:01:24 am
content: DigiKey and Mouser, sometimes Jameco

author: ataradov
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2021, 03:13:39 am
content: Mouser and LCSC.

author: bdunham7
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2021, 04:41:21 am
content: Quote from: josh132 on March 27, 2021, 02:50:01 amI think that's over with...Where you get parts will depend a lot on what you need. I repair a wide variety of stuff, so I need a wide variety of source.For 'normal' new parts, Mouser/DigiKey/Newark, in that order.Scrounging for rarer parts I've used eBay, Aliexpress and Amazon with pretty good luck--I can't remember any substandard deals on parts.For interesting stuff for projects, don't overlook places like All Electronics or Electronic Goldmine.And then there's my garage. Sometimes the stuff I'm looking for is actually in there somewhere.The parts world may get interesting pretty soon for the production people. Between Covid, burning factories and a traffic jam on the Suez Canal, there may be some nasty surprises coming up.

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2021, 04:50:58 am
content: Arrow for special parts that are (relatively) hard to find, Amazon and Ebay when fakes are not likely to be a major concern and sometimes have insane deals. That said, I most often buy subassemblies like gadgets to hack since I have quite a collection of individual components from the past.

author: mcj7247
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: March 28, 2021, 01:12:43 pm
content: Quote from: josh132 on March 27, 2021, 02:50:01 amIs the Suez Canal issue expected to impact Aliexpress or LCSC shipping to the US?

author: syau
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 28, 2021, 01:56:29 pm
content: DigiKey, Mouser, RS, LCSC, sometimes local store (especially for batteries)

author: gamalot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 28, 2021, 02:31:51 pm
content: DigiKey, Mouser, Element14, RS, Arrow, LCSC, and Taobao

author: vad
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 28, 2021, 04:55:40 pm
content: Digi-Key and LCSC

author: vad
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 28, 2021, 04:59:15 pm
content: Quote from: mcj7247 on March 28, 2021, 01:12:43 pmChina to US shipping routes lay in Pacific ocean.

author: themadhippy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 28, 2021, 05:06:30 pm
content: cpc/farnel, RS and rapid .

author: joseph nicholas
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 28, 2021, 07:03:47 pm
content: Ali express and sometimes E bay.

author: RayRay
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 28, 2021, 07:07:20 pm
content: LCSC & Aliexpress (for capacitors, I only trust LCSC!)

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 28, 2021, 07:11:06 pm
content: LCSC and TME - mostly connectors, switches and passives, some semiconductors. Mouser, Digikey, Arrow, Farnell for the rest. Alibaba for ordering some connectors in large quantities.

author: m98
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 28, 2021, 10:11:03 pm
content: Mainly RS, Mouser, DigiKey and Distrelec.

author: MikeK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 28, 2021, 11:05:11 pm
content: Nobody mentioned Tayda.

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 28, 2021, 11:45:03 pm
content: Fry's? Have you tried recently? As far as I know they're gone, all locations closed and liquidated.I buy parts from Digikey and Mouser mostly, I was buying from Arrow while they had free shipping but otherwise they aren't competitive.

author: JohnnyMalaria
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 29, 2021, 01:18:06 am
content: Mainly Mouser. Occasionally Digikey or Newark. Amazon if I need a $2 part tomorrow with free shipping. eBay/AliExpress a couple of times for Chinese DDS boards.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 29, 2021, 01:23:58 am
content: I usually buy new parts from Mouser and Farnell - more rarely from Digikey and Jameco.I also get some older and less known NOS parts from a local online reseller calledBG Micro

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 29, 2021, 01:45:37 am
content: Quote from: vad on March 28, 2021, 04:59:15 pmDoesn't mean nuthin'Somebody on here a few weeks ago was saying their stuff went on a world tour, via Sweden apparently, courtesy of UPS.

author: nightfire
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 29, 2021, 03:08:02 am
content: In Germany we have Reichelt that is fine for lots of consumer demands.(I studied some years in that city and still remember me visiting some relatives there (when I was little) where my uncle took me with him to go shopping for some small parts, where they were still a very small shop back then- about 30+ years ago...)

author: bsfeechannel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 29, 2021, 05:18:04 pm
content: Quote from: MikeK on March 28, 2021, 11:05:11 pmYou did. So that's a paradox. But I was about to mention them.I buy my electronic parts mainly from local sellers (both b&m and online) I don't have the patience to wait for weeks.

author: ve7xen
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 30, 2021, 01:10:46 am
content: If I want it quickly, DigiKey is the best option, they have a low free shipping threshold and free next day (sometimes same day!), though they haven't been as fast as usual lately.Otherwise generally LCSC if available. Mouser or Newark often have lower total BOM cost than DK so if I'm not in a rush I might choose them.I have also used Future Electronics a few times, but their selection isn't nearly as good as DK or Mouser, and the passives and whatnot I used to get there are cheaper from LCSC. Occasionally they'll have some connector I need or something at like 1/2 the price of DK so it's sometimes still worth it to have a peek. Good vendor though, and haven't seen a mention yet.Plug for OctoPart which makes figuring this out relatively easy.

author: ZeTeX
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 30, 2021, 04:11:01 pm
content: Arrow, as it offers free express shipping above 50$ I believe

author: jfiresto
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 30, 2021, 04:42:25 pm
content: Quote from: nightfire on March 29, 2021, 03:08:02 amI do not know if it has changed, but some years later when Frau Reichelt was still running the show, the main entrance delivered you immediately in front of the will call counter, which was staffed entirely with handsome men.

author: bdunham7
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 30, 2021, 06:38:34 pm
content: Quote from: mcj7247 on March 28, 2021, 01:12:43 pmProbably not those two, as I imagine they ship to the west coast and then let the USPS handle it from there.Larger shipments to the US east coast and gulf go via the Panama Canal as long as the ships are under Panamax size. If they are larger than Panamax--and many container ships are--then they indeed may go through the Suez on the way to the US. The other options are Cape Horn and the Arctic routes. Luckily they didn't roll that ship over pulling it free and we can all get our stuff now.

author: josh132
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2021, 08:02:01 pm
content: well the fry's in Sacramento CA is open. Its still quite a busy place.

author: Dubbie
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 31, 2021, 08:15:27 pm
content: I used to buy a lot from element14 due to the free next day shipping. But recently I have found that they never seem to have the parts I want.I like TI parts and they stopped stocking them. Often I buy those parts direct from TI.Otherwise I use Mouser and Digikey.

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2021, 12:47:58 am
content: Quote from: josh132 on March 31, 2021, 08:02:01 pmHave you been there within the past month?http://www.frys.com/

author: josh132
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2021, 06:52:24 pm
content: last week actually.

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2021, 07:04:10 pm
content: Of course I buy my parts from a reputable source, like Lefty the Salesman. He offers always some very interesting special deals.PS: Does anyone need an O or two?

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2021, 08:22:30 pm
content: Quote from: josh132 on April 01, 2021, 06:52:24 pmSo their official website saying all locations have permanently closed is false? Are you just trolling?

author: mc172
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 01, 2021, 10:30:41 pm
content: Mostly RS, sometimes Mouser or Farnell if they don't whack on a £15 one-time delivery fee on top because they've only got stock overseas.

author: bdunham7
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2021, 02:06:35 am
content: Quote from: james_s on April 01, 2021, 08:22:30 pmEven if somehow the doors were open and he walked in, I don't believe that there would have been anything to buy.