Where do you guys typically order your electronic components from? Say like fuse kits, resistors, capacitors etc.
Waay back in the day when I used to repair stereos the place I worked at used MCM electronics. I found their website and was looking around but was curious what else might be out there...
I generally order from one of these two shops:
http://www.greatplainselectronics.com/
http://www.bigdaddy-enterprises.com/
Quick question as I was just looking up stuff on digikey and would like to try these links.
Does anyone know what's up with the pin amount on ICs? I'm reading my schematics and looking at a 74ls244, on my machine it is an 8 pin, on Great plains or anywhere else it's a 20pin.
Then I look at a 74ls273 which on mine is a 16 pin, this is again a 20 pin on the site.
Am I missing something obvious? I've never dealt with this stuff before so it's new to me.
Thanks!
I ordered a ton of various fuses and other electronic stuff for pins to keep on hand. I really hate having to go to radio shack and buy a 5 dollar fuse.
Quoted from planters49:I ordered a ton of various fuses and other electronic stuff for pins to keep on hand. I really hate having to go to radio shack and buy a 5 dollar fuse.
Yea man I been there before 
... I'm trying to build my stock of common stuff (fuses etc) right now so I definitely needed an alternative to radio shack. RS is basically a cel phone store these days anyway...
Quoted from pindevil:For some reason when I saw the title I thought about car parts...
You must have thought you were on the CARside forums 
Quoted from TheLaw:Am I missing something obvious? I've never dealt with this stuff before so it's new to me.
I may be reading this wrong, but I think you just cut them down to the number of pins you need.
Quoted from dnhayden:I may be reading this wrong, but I think you just cut them down to the number of pins you need.
Really? ICs are cuttable? I'd be interested if anyone else could chime in. Seems a weird thing to "cut," but hey it's all french to me.
Quoted from TheLaw:Quick question as I was just looking up stuff on digikey and would like to try these links.
Does anyone know what's up with the pin amount on ICs? I'm reading my schematics and looking at a 74ls244, on my machine it is an 8 pin, on Great plains or anywhere else it's a 20pin.
Then I look at a 74ls273 which on mine is a 16 pin, this is again a 20 pin on the site.
Am I missing something obvious? I've never dealt with this stuff before so it's new to me.
Thanks!
You are mistaken. Perhaps you are misreading the schematic?
74ls244 is a 20 pin IC, as is 74ls273
Look at the datasheets.
Where are you getting the idea they are 16 and 8 pins?
Hmmm...perhaps I am. Maybe the reason I'm confused is I'm not actually looking at the physical chip, but the schematics and reading them wrong? in the pages it's showing me the are 4 "lines" coming off each side of the chip going to other various locations. I used my high IQ *cough* and obviously knew each line was coming out of a pinhead...which is probably completely wrong isn't it?
I hope it is...I'll trade in being dumb for ending my suffering 
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