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Electronics kit
rstofer:
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--- Quote from: rstofer on June 14, 2019, 11:36:43 pm ---Here is a parts kit for the book:
https://www.jameco.com/z/KIT-GSE-BUNDLE-Component-Bundle-for-Getting-Started-with-Electronics-Book_2225115.html
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That parts kit is for a completely different (but very similarly titled) book, authored by Øyvind Nydal Dahl.
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OOPS! I didn't know that! I would still recommend the book and especially the PDF. I can get parts from any supplier.
rstofer:
--- Quote from: tpowell1830 on June 15, 2019, 01:01:25 am ---Look on adafruit for kits. More modern kits for more modern projects.
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Sparkfun is also worth searching.
bob91343:
My method is salvage. I have closets full of components, nearly anything you could want. If I need something, I almost always have it.
Over the years I have torn apart lots of broken equipment. Stereos, test equipment, computers, printers, copiers, radios, you name it. I carefully store everything, although I admit sometimes I can't find what I want.
Not only electronic components. Screws and nuts, connectors, wire, lugs, brackets, spacers.
I have transistors, LEDs, capacitors, resistors, fuses, fuse holders, knobs, potentiometers, variable capacitors, transformers, meters, ICs, coaxial cable, lamps, sockets, binding posts, the list goes on.
The comments about buying what you will never use are spot on. I didn't buy this stuff; I have torn apart anything that is too much trouble to repair or that has little value even if it worked. Look online for stuff people are giving away; you will be impressed at how much there is, and how quickly you amass an amazing store of parts.
I chuckle when someone brings me something to repair; most of the time I have the exact part he needs. I had the right capacitor to repair a 1947 voltmeter and the right tube to repair a 1968 transmitter. I have a ton of 1N4148 and 1N4007 diodes. My zener stock isn't that good but if I need one they are usually cheap enough.
So save your precious money until you find you just have to buy something.
Add to that the generosity of old timers. I got a few sets of small drawers filled with components from someone who couldn't use them for health reasons. I bought on the cheap some stuff from widows and subsequently sold off some of it for my total cost. I get tools that way also.
After a few years of experience you will learn what to keep and what to toss. I confess I haven't learned what to toss just yet. I can always toss it later. One friend said that if I keep something for more than a year without needing it, throw it out. I disagree.
Psi:
Most of the good value kits you will find are just for 1 part type.
etc, LED kit or Resistor kit.
Raj:
I guess, selecting components individually on banggod is the best choice.
Get these-
* resistor assorted box
* ceramic cap assorted box
* electrolytic cap assorted box
* transistor assorted box
* Led assorted box
* perforated boards
* bread board
* jumper wire
* buck boost converter (adjustable)The more you make the choice for individual component, the cheaper it will be. a kit with same capability could cost you 25$
But first, know what you're gonna make. The attached list will leave you with 20$ to spare on application specific components/ electronics books
--- Quote from: bob91343 on June 15, 2019, 03:39:49 am ---My method is salvage. I have closets full of components, nearly anything you could want. If I need something, I almost always have it.
Over the years I have torn apart lots of broken equipment. Stereos, test equipment, computers, printers, copiers, radios, you name it. I carefully store everything, although I admit sometimes I can't find what I want.
Not only electronic components. Screws and nuts, connectors, wire, lugs, brackets, spacers.
I have transistors, LEDs, capacitors, resistors, fuses, fuse holders, knobs, potentiometers, variable capacitors, transformers, meters, ICs, coaxial cable, lamps, sockets, binding posts, the list goes on.
The comments about buying what you will never use are spot on. I didn't buy this stuff; I have torn apart anything that is too much trouble to repair or that has little value even if it worked. Look online for stuff people are giving away; you will be impressed at how much there is, and how quickly you amass an amazing store of parts.
I chuckle when someone brings me something to repair; most of the time I have the exact part he needs. I had the right capacitor to repair a 1947 voltmeter and the right tube to repair a 1968 transmitter. I have a ton of 1N4148 and 1N4007 diodes. My zener stock isn't that good but if I need one they are usually cheap enough.
So save your precious money until you find you just have to buy something.
Add to that the generosity of old timers. I got a few sets of small drawers filled with components from someone who couldn't use them for health reasons. I bought on the cheap some stuff from widows and subsequently sold off some of it for my total cost. I get tools that way also.
After a few years of experience you will learn what to keep and what to toss. I confess I haven't learned what to toss just yet. I can always toss it later. One friend said that if I keep something for more than a year without needing it, throw it out. I disagree.
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in4007 and m7 diodes, the staple of every electronics workshop.
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