Hello to all,
I am wondering what are the best international shops for electronic components / parts?
I do shopping on digikey.com and mouser.com
Now I did order on utsource.net because only they has KSA1381ESTU
Thanks for new recommendations!
Milan
I am wondering what are the best international shops for electronic components / parts?
I do shopping on digikey.com and mouser.com
Now I did order on utsource.net because only they has KSA1381ESTU
Thanks for new recommendations!
Milan
A bit obvious but farnell.com is my go to place. Things from there are real and even the parts from counterfeit land work, so they have serious QA in that country.
They have sales on empty bin parts, which I don't see digikey & mouser doing. I got 93 BD140 transistors last month for $.024 each. Their starred e-caps are nearing end of shelf life, which means they are not suitable for pick & place machines. That means you have to charge them up with a DVM ohms scale before use. Duh, they might sit in my parts bin 8 service lives. Watch the out of country inventory, they tend to charge ~20 for an out of country transshipment. You can check a box on the selector table to avoid seeing that stuff. Also out of stock lines. Their selector table works on service life, which mouser does not. When I need a transistor the min & max current, voltage, and package selectors sometimes can find me bargains I wouldn't have thought of. And bracketing the resistor value I need sometimes gets a 1% part a coupla ohms off nominal at very attractive prices.
RS in UK has a good reputation but for people in the EU that party may be over in October.
They have sales on empty bin parts, which I don't see digikey & mouser doing. I got 93 BD140 transistors last month for $.024 each. Their starred e-caps are nearing end of shelf life, which means they are not suitable for pick & place machines. That means you have to charge them up with a DVM ohms scale before use. Duh, they might sit in my parts bin 8 service lives. Watch the out of country inventory, they tend to charge ~20 for an out of country transshipment. You can check a box on the selector table to avoid seeing that stuff. Also out of stock lines. Their selector table works on service life, which mouser does not. When I need a transistor the min & max current, voltage, and package selectors sometimes can find me bargains I wouldn't have thought of. And bracketing the resistor value I need sometimes gets a 1% part a coupla ohms off nominal at very attractive prices.
RS in UK has a good reputation but for people in the EU that party may be over in October.
Last edited:
With Farnell/Newark, be very careful about orders for USA. Some of their inventory
may come from England and have a $20 "fee" per line item. They don't make this
as clear as they should.
Last edited:
RS Components
I have been using RS Components International.
I have been satisfied each time I have used them.
I have been using RS Components International.
I have been satisfied each time I have used them.
The levies charged by the USA border, is a tax the USA charge their people, not the UK.
As a general rule, if your order value is less than $65 the tax is waved, as they do at our borders.
Hopefully, when our 'brexit' farce is over with, we can all trade together as one country.
As a general rule, if your order value is less than $65 the tax is waved, as they do at our borders.
Hopefully, when our 'brexit' farce is over with, we can all trade together as one country.
I noticed there is lack of audio grade caps like Nichicon MUSE, LKG with glod plated pins, ELNA Silmic II, etc
But definitely it is good to know this shop 🙂 Thanks!
- Status
- Not open for further replies.