Anyone Know a Good Place to Purchase TTL Components Online?

[Iawia]

I can't create an minimum order of 1000 chips.
My enthusiasm for electronics is starting to move out of the range of my local electronics parts store. When I try to purchase ttl items online, they want some crazy astronomically large order. I just want one chip!

Does anyone have a recommendation to on a good place to purchase ttl parts? and that doesn't have a min order?

cheers!

 

[cr0sh]

Where are you located at? Can you purchase surplus?

 

[Iawia]

I am located in San Diego, Ca. What do you mean by surplus? I'll buy anything that works!

 

[cr0sh]

Check out these places then:

All Electronics - http://www.allelectronics.com/
Alltronics - http://www.alltronics.com/
Electronic Goldmine - **broken link removed**

I've ordered from all three and have been pleased with the results; of the three, my history with All Electronics is the longest, ordering off-and-on for almost 2 decades now. They're not very far from you, either (Van Nuys - about 140 miles away, roughly); might be a good Saturday road trip.

Also - and I don't know of anything of these places (though now I'm curious - I might have to make a special trip next time I visit my brother-in-law in Escondido) - but you might check into them?

http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=electronic+surplus&find_loc=San+Diego,+CA

Good luck - hope that helps!

 

[Mikebits]

Try this place in El Cajon **broken link removed**
They are a bit untidy but all kinds of parts to be found. They also have IC's stocked behind the counter. Also try Murphy's a little further down the same street. **broken link removed**

 

[nickelflippr]

Other online stores with no minimums and cheap shipping:

Dipmicro
Tayda Electronics
Digikey with the USPS option (up to 8oz. I believe).

 

[carbonzit]

Don't forget Mouser. Or Jameco. Or Allied. Or any of a dozen other vendors.

Kind of perplexed why the O.P. thinks they have to buy thousands of chips. Of course, some suppliers do have minimum quantities for certain items, but it's easy to see this, especially if you use Digi-Key's parametric search function. Maybe the O.P. just got caught on some of those bogus web "search" pages one lands on from a Google search. Just pick a reputable electronics supplier and browse their online catalog.

 

[Vizier87]

I always get mine through Element14. They're pretty organized when it comes to delivering the stuff. Usually via GDex.

 

[carbonzit]

I don't think that's an option for someone in the U.S. I've never heard of either Element14 or GDex.

 

[Mikebits]

Since the OP is in San Diego, the links I gave above are only a twenty minute drive. Come to think of it, Mouser is in Santee Ca, and they have a walk in office for getting parts.
MOUSER ELECTRONICS

11433 WOODSIDE AVE
SANTEE, CA 92071-4725 | view map
(619) 449-2300

 

[KeepItSimpleStupid]

Element14 is Newark electronics in the US and Farnell Electronics in Europe. I'm in the US and recently placed a Farnell order, an Allied order, an onlinecomponents order and a digi-key order.

GDex, I'd expect not. https://www.gdexpress.com/ It's a delivery service.

 

[KJ6EAD]

Good sources have been presented. Most of them I knew about and a few I didn't. I'll add two more.

**broken link removed**
http://www.westfloridacomponents.com/

 

[Brevor]

I don't think that's an option for someone in the U.S. I've never heard of either Element14 or GDex.

Yeah there in the US too, (Element14) There kind of new.

 

[KJ6EAD]

Element14 (Silicon) is the rebranding of Farnell, Premier and Newark.

 

[Jhealy]

Element14 (Silicon) is the rebranding of Farnell, Premier and Newark.

Here is a link for customers based in the U.S.: http://ow.ly/5MXq6

 

[Iawia]

I ordered something things through 'electronics goldmine'. they are ok. i had to order a min 10 dollars and they add another 5 for shipping. so i ended up getting a bunch of things i don't need. better than driving all over the place though.

 

[carbonzit]

I ordered something things through 'electronics goldmine'. they are ok. i had to order a min 10 dollars and they add another 5 for shipping.

You're not going to do much better than that; Digi-Key has the same minimum, and about the same shipping (depending on where you are, of course).

Look at it from the merchant's point of view: they don't want to be bothered by a ton of <$10 orders, which they probably lose money on.

 

[Brevor]

Check out Jameco, no minimum order. Also no processing fee on internet orders.
They are in Belmont, Ca. so shipping costs should be low.

 

[ElectroMaster]

This is an important topic so i've created a thread that I'll maintain . Please feel free to send me information / updates for it. I have made the post sticky

 

[FusionITR]

why hasn't anyone mentioned digikey? that is the standard