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Links - Electronics Components, Kits & Test Equipment

  • 4-Star Electronics - Supplier of obsolete semiconductors, relays, connectors, switches, CPUs, hard drives & military-spec components.
  • APD Anglia - UK supplier of RFID products to hobbyists, schools, experimenters, engineers & OEM manufacturers. Includes an excellent tutorial on the basics of RFID & details of protocols.
  • Bitsbox - Online UK distributor selling a selection of electronic components, hardware and kits. Low postage charges.
  • B.K. Electronics - Manufacturers and suppliers of audio and cinema equipment.
  • Digital Meters - UK supplier of test and measurement equipment. Includes multimeters, light, PH and humidy meters and more.
  • Electronic Toolbox - US supplier of a wide range of electronic tools & test equipment.
  • ElectronicsUSA.com - U.S. based manufacturers of electronic kits and other products including clocks, timers and radio equipment. Site includes product details and online ordering.
  • ESR Electronics Components - UK supplier of a large range of semiconductors, components & equipment both to private individuals and to businesses. ESR also stock the full range of Velleman kits & modules.
  • Farnell - Farnell's range is very extensive - including some not-so-common parts. They also have an online catalogue including a large datasheet library.
  • Forest Electronic Developments - Specialize in PIC and Atmel AVR programmers and software, including assemblers, C compilers and more all at reasonable prices.
  • Foster Transformer Company - Manufacturers of standard stock and custom wound transformers, power supplies, solenoids & other magnetic components.
  • FTDI - Manufacturers of USB to serial interface chips, ideal for easy implementation of USB interfaces in new and existing designs.
  • Greenweld - Greenweld is under new ownership and is up and running again. They stock surplus stock as well as some new items. Their website now includes their full catalogue complete with online ordering.
  • Henry's Audio Electronics - As the name suggests they sell audio equipment as well as disco lighting etc.
  • Kanda - Electronic kits, programmers, debuggers, chips, training and more.
  • Labtronix - UK suppliers of a variety of test, measurement & soldering equipment.
  • LC-LED - Online supplier of LEDs including high brightness types, LED light fixtures and LED displays.
  • Mable Audio - Chinese stockist of audio conmponents including tubes, sockets, pots, chassis, handles and lots more.
  • Magenta Electronics - Magenta offer a handful of kits (although sadly far fewer than they once did) along with an electronic design consulatancy business.
  • Maplin Electronics - Maplin are no longer a high street name, but their online presence lives on. Whilst their focus is now on consumer electronics, they do still sell kits, single board computers (Raspberry Pi etc.), microcontollers, tools and more.
  • MEGA Electronics - Manufacturers of PCB making equipment, chemicals and materials. Also manufacture printing equipment for panels, PCBs etc.
  • Microchip - Manufacturers of the PIC microcontroller, being used more and more to replace a whole board of components with one chip and some software. Their site contains info. on all the devices, datasheets, free software to download such as the MPLAB package and MPASM assembler, enthusiasts pages, links and more.
  • Modtronix - PIC, Arduino & ARM based single board computers (SBCs) and peripheral boards, custom hardware and software solutions.
  • netCOMPONENTS - Component sourcing of billions of parts from hundreds of suppliers. Multilingual site includes demos of integrated circuits, and many other components.
  • Northern Connectors - Specialist distributor of a wide range of industrial connectors & components.
  • Parallax - Manufacturers of BASIC STAMP microcontrollers. Their site also contains more useful information on PIC microcontrollers, including many application notes on issues such as sending and receiving serial data using a PIC, and much more. Definitely worth a look if you are into microcontrollers.
  • ProActive Components - US suppliers of obselete, hard-to-find or long-lead-time millitary and commercial components.
  • Proto-PIC - A wide selection of components and products, including (to name but a few) Arduino, BBC Microbit & Rasberry Pi. Consultancy services include design, assembly, programming & STEM teaching aid development.
  • Quasar Electronics - Vast range of kits, tools and much more. Kits range from beginner level to advanced.
  • RadioClassifieds.co.uk - Buy, sell and swap amateur radio equipment.
  • Rapid Electronics - Suppliers of electronic components, electrical equipment, tools and educational supplies. More than 50,000 products available online with free UK mainland delivery on orders over £30 ex VAT, same day despatch and no minimum order value.
  • RS - Large product range (Over 110,000 products!). Register on their site to access the online catalogue and datasheet library.
  • Sir-Kit Electronics - Modular electronics kits aimed at GCSE physics, technology and electronics students. Site also contains some useful general tips for both students and teachers. Well worth a look.
  • Stuart of Reading - Suppliers of used and surplus test equipment. Large stock including oscilloscopes, power suppliers, meters and much more. Website includes stock list.
  • West Coast Magnetics - US company manufacturing transformers, chokes and inductors. Site includes datasheets and online store.
  • ZD Integrated Circuits - Electronic component distributor. Web site includes real-time stock search facilities.

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