Links/Electronics

SF Bay Area

• Halted / HSC
• Weird Stuff Warehouse
• Excess Solutions - bring a flashlight to peer into the cardboard bins in dark aisles - visited in 11/2006 and 11/2007. Store has much more stuff than web site.
• Component Electronics (ACE) - bring a flashlight to peer into the cardboard bins in dark aisles (visited in 11/2006)
• Home Tech Solutions in Cupertino

Mail Order

• Jameco -- Has same-day will-call service in Belmont, CA
• DigiKey
• Mouser Electronics
• SparkFun
• FuturLec - good prices, shipping can be slow
• MPJA
• Circuit Specialists - $50 temp-controlled soldering station
• EvilMadScience
• Sure Electronics - cheap (even with high shipping costs), from China (see also their eBay stores)
• http://www.allelectronics.com/
• American Science & Surplus

other mail order

I ordered a USB-to-digital interface board from these guys (4/2004):

• DelcomUSB
  • See also http://homepage.mac.com/zellers/ .

• Avnet Electronics Marketing -- The old Marshall Industries page redirects here (I ordered closed-caption chips years ago).
• http://elkproducts.com -- electronics stuff, such as phone-ring/doorbell detector modules
• http://www.arrow.com/ -- Arrow Electronics Components in Santa Clara, CA (Bowers @ Central)
• MCM Electronics

• Old RDS article from Electronics Now, November 1994 -- had a source for the SAA6588

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