This page is my list of useful electronic component stores.
Feel free to send additional suggestions – I’ll add them to this list!
Australian bricks-and-mortar stores
Worldwide Electronic Components (Perth).
Truscott’s Electronic World (Melbourne): 27 The Mall, Croydon South VIC 3136. Tel: 03 9723 3860.
Rockby Electronics: 56 Renver Road, Clayton VIC 3168. Tel: (03) 9562 8559.
International bricks-and-mortar stores
Anchor Electronics: 2040 Walsh Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA. Tel: +1 408-727-3693. Won’t ship to Australia. Click on “Price List” to download their PDF catalogue.
Netty Electronics – Earl Andrews. I bought an RO-3-2513 CGR-001 from him.
Rochester Electronics – recommended by Earl Andrews
International online stores
Chinese supplier of electronic kits -> www.banggood.com
PCB Fabricators
Comprehensive listing on eevblog
pcbcart.com: My standard supplier
makerfabs.com: Recommended by Henry S. Courbis as being cheaper than pcbcart.com
Henry Courbis says this about gold plating: “You can usually request boards in varying thicknesses of gold plating. Most will “flash” gold to a pin for cheap I have found. It does kind of look like gold, but as you said it’s thin and won’t withstand any real abuse. I always request 2u” (.002 mils) of plating on edge connectors. This isn’t as good as hard gold, however I have tested a board with 100 inserts and removals with no issues. And it may even make 200 times, but I never tested that far. So that seemed a good compromise on price and longevity.”
Futurlec: Thailand
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Rockby electronic components in Clayton. They have some old skool ics and stuff.