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Here are some of my favorite and useful links to places on the web.  If you have a great link you think I need to know about, please tell me about it by sending an e-mail to me.

 

COMPONENT PART SUPPLIER LINKS:

Allied Electronics

Eclectic and expansive stocks

Digi-Key Corporation

Fastest shipping - high IC prices

Mouser Electronics

Wide selection - low IC prices

Newark Electronics Expansive and expensive selection
Saelig Chips & test equipment
Maplin (UK) Minimums and prices in £
The LED Light LEDs, but high prices

Carlton-Bates

Sometimes has low Alco prices

Small Bear Electronics

Small, but nice guy + reliable!

McMaster-Carr

If they don't have it you don't need it

Electronic Goldmine - Surplus

Surplus electronics

Electronic Surplus

Mostly junk, but some decent

All Electronics - Surplus Surplus electronics
James Electronics (Jameco) Good Molex prices
Super bright LEDs They have "the goods"!
LED Supply Another LED place
Dee Inc. Distributor of electronic components
MCM Electronics "Iffy" supplier but some unique items
Hosfelt Electronics Surplus and hobbyist parts
Circuit Specialists Hobbyist parts
Earth LCD LCD supplier
Abacom Technologies RF modules and wireless

 

SERVICES COMPANY LINKS:

eMachineShop

One-off mechanical anythings

Front Panel Express

Good prototype panel shop

Patent -2- PDF

Fetches Patents as PDF files

PCB Fab Express

Best prices on small PCB runs

Pad 2 Pad

Similar to Express PCB below

Express PCB

$59/3 PCB proto house - no silks

PCBEX

Another cheap PCB house

 

SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURER LINKS:

Analog Devices The name says it all!
Catalyst Semiconductor Semiconductor manufacturer
DLP Design - USB USB and related chip / boards
Panasonic Datasheet search link
Epson Semiconductors and passives
Fairchild Semiconductor Discretes, MOSFETs, and ICs
International Rectifier Discretes and MOSFETs
Intersil Semiconductor Analog discretes and chips
Sunbrite LEDs LEDs and other opto
Linear Integrated Systems FETs and legacy semiconductors
Lumex Optronics Lumex LEDs
Maxim & Dallas Semis Maxim / Dallas semiconductors
Microchip Semiconductors PICs, DsPIC, RFID, et al.
New Japan Radio (NJR) NJR and NJM ICs and discretes
Rabbit Semiconductor Rabbit CPU chips and boards
THAT Corporation dBx and sound processing semis
Supertex Semiconductors All manner of semiconductors
Texas Instruments Texas Instruments
Burr Brown Semi (TI subsidiary)
Unitrode Semi (TI subsidiary, sans good stuff)
ST Microelectronics (STM) Lots of semis, CPU, and discretes
Zetex Power semis incl. MOSFETs
Zilog Oldie but goodie
Wavefront Semiconductors Alesis DSP, ADC, DAC ICs - tits!
Linear Technology Linear ICs
National Semiconductor A mainstay
Zarlink Semiconductor Oddball stuff, but cool

 

PASSIVES MANUFACTURER LINKS:

Alps

Potentiometer manufacturer

Bowmar Interrconnect

Connectors, mainly RF

Citizen

Quartz crystals and frequency control

EBM - Papst Fans

Fans and cooling devices

Electroswitch

Switch maker including rotary

Epson

Semiconductors and passives

JKL Components

CCFL and support circuitry

KRL Bantry Components

Temperature comp. resistors

Schurter Group

Power entry, cables, cords

Simpson Electric

Meters and measuring systems

Volex Power Cords

Power cords and that's about it

Precision Resistor Company

Like KRL tempcos but different

Caddock Resistors

Industrial resistor supplier

KOA - Speer

Link is for tempco resistors

Keystone Electronics

Battery holders & electromech.

Molex

Molex connectors

 

SUBSYSTEMS MANUFACTURER LINKS:

Apollo Display Technologies

LCD Manufacturer / distributor of LCDs

Cherry

Switches and keyboard manufacturer

DLP Design - USB

USB and related chip / boards

Cincon

Taiwanese power supply manufacturer

Condor Power

Power supplies of all types

Power One

World's largest supplier of power supplies

Hantronix LCDs

Character & color graphic LCDs

JKL Components

CCFL and support circuitry

Rabbit Semiconductor Rabbit CPU chips and boards

Radiotronix

Embedded RF-link devices

Xemics

Short haul RF and Bluetooth

Sescom Sound

Sound products for pro audio

Rane

Pro Audio mfgr + schematics

Avatar Speakers

Speaker cabs for live perf. good $

TC Helicon

Audio Processors - high end

 

HARDWARE LINKS:

80/20 Inc. Aluminum "tinkertoys" for big boys, good!
Penn Fabrication Fasteners

McMaster-Carr

If they don't have it you don't need it

Aaron's Machine Screws

Little bit of everything

 

SOFTWARE LINKS:

Custom Computer Systems CCS

PIC "C" compiler and educational kits

Free PCB Software

GNU License PCB Layout software

5 SPICE

$199 SPICE program...

 

REFERENCES

CapSite 2006

All about capacitors - good reference

Panasonic

Datasheet search link

Online Dictionary Look it up you lazy bastard
U.S. Patent Office Search Find patents here

Electronics Lab

Useful hobbyist site

Williamson Labs

Basic tutorials on electronics

 

HAND TOOL & TEST EQUIP. LINKS:

Tool Warehouse Automotive & other tools
Wiha Tools Tools
Fluke Test Equipment John Fluke
Saelig Chips & test equipment

McMaster-Carr

If they don't have it you don't need it

 

CHEMICALS:

Dymax

UV Cured potting compounds manufacturer