tips needed on buying electronic components

[saevarg]

Hi,

I have an electronic project and therefore need some electronic components (more or less the standard stuff). Is there an online-store you can recommend? I dont want to have to buy every component type in dozens or hundreds. Ideally, the store could receive my component list and make a quote... (am I too optimistic?)

best regards,
Saevar

 

[bychon]

In the USA, we buy at www.mouser, digikey, jameco, allelectronics. If we knew what country you're in, that would make the answers seem relevant.

 

[MrDEB]

For run of the mill stuff I like The Electronic Goldmine
For small orders, no large quanities then Electronic Components & Supplies
BUT not knowing your country??

 

[saevarg]

I'm in Iceland. I thought I'd just buy all the stuff online

 

[aljamri]

I'm dealing with:

Futurlec, The Electronic Components and Semiconductor Superstore

but you need to be patient if your order is small, or to pay extra money for EXPRESS service.

 

[JimB]

In the UK, RS* and Farnell have most things

Welcome to rswww.com

Farnell United Kingdom | world-leading distributor of electronic and maintenance, repair and operations products.

They are big companies who supply mostly to industry.
In some respects their prices are rather high, but the quality is good and you get exactly what you order.

I dont want to have to buy every component type in dozens or hundreds. Ideally, the store could receive my component list and make a quote... (am I too optimistic?)

In the case of RS and Farnell, yes you are. Unless of course you are ordering in the £1000s.
For some things they do have minimum order quantities.
For example I recently bought:

2w resistors Minimum Order Quantity = 10
Small capacitors MOQ = 5
This MOQ is for each item, so it was 10off 1k, 10off 15k, 10off 33k. You get the idea.

* In the UK, RS is RS Components and has nothing to do with the American company Radio Shack.
For those old enough to remember, RS was originally called Radio Spares because most of their stuff was just that, spares for radios and televisions.

JimB