I know its here somewhere...

[mofo]

I can't seem to find the list of recommended websites to buy parts from, I think I checked everywhere. Link please? :redface:

[mDust]

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/modwiki/index.php/List_Of_Suppliers
Modwiki at the top>List of suppliers

[Oneslowz28]

Personally I only buy from Xoxide (site sponsor), Newegg.com, and Tigerdirect.com. For more dated gear geeks.com is a good source.

[SXRguyinMA]

performance-pcs is great too :up:

[Mark_Hardware]

yeah performance-pcs has the like fastest shipping ever. all of the aforementioned sites are good ones

[mofo]

Thanks, I'm actually looking at electronics (pots, resistors, etc). I knew I was just missing it.

[Oneslowz28]

Maybe this list will help

Components

Digikey (http://Digikey.com) - Every component in current production. Buy 1 piece or 100,000

Electronic Goldmine (http://www.goldmine-elec.com) - Cheap components and even NOS surplus. Their surprise boxes are pretty cool.

Allelectronics (http://www.allelectronics.com) - Good for lots of stuff including power resistors.

Jameco (http://jameco.com) - Similar to Digikey

Hardware

McMaster-Carr (http://Mcmaster.com) Everything from nuts and bolts to titanium pressure relief valves rated for outer-space.

Fastenal (www.fastenal.com) More fasteners than you can shake a stick at.



Micro-controllers

Seeed Studio (http://seeedstudio.com) - The best arduino compatibles made IMO. Cheap prices and awesome customer service. Everything is 100% opensource

Spark Fun Electronics (http://sparkfun.com) - Lots of different Micro controllers (Pic, Propeller, Arduino, AVR) and every sensor, widget and break out board you would ever need. Lots of Open Source stuff

Adafruit industries (http://adafruit.com) - Some awesome project kits and an awesome customer service base. Everything is 100% open source.

Protostack (http://protostack.com) - The best AVR Dev boards on the net. Australia bases and ships world wide for $5

Solarbotics (http://solarbotics.com) Lots of Robotics stuff. Cheap Arduino compatibles too

Evil Mad Scientist (http://evilmadscientist.com) - Similar to Adafruit.com but different projects.

oomlout (http://oomlout.co.uk/) - UK based maker store similar to Sparkfun, Adafruit and EMSL

Electronics info / Maker sites

The Makers Work Bench (http://themakersworkbench.com) - My personal site. (had to plug it)

Ladyada.net (http://ladyada.net) - This is the project site that accompanies Adafruit.com. It is maintained by Limor Fried herself.

AVR Freaks (http://avrfreaks.net) - Everything AVR and then some

electro-tech-online (http://www.electro-tech-online.com)- An electronics forum full of helpful people who are way more experienced than I am.

HackaDay (http://hackaday.com) - The best hardware hacking blog on the net IMO.

RepRap (http://reprap.org) - The holy grail of makers. Build your own 3d printer

Arduino (http://arduino.cc) - Home of the official Arduino Forums, Wiki, playground and blog.

Circuit Diagrams Database (http://www.circuit-diagrams.com/) Lots of Circuit diagrams

Datasheet Catalog (http://www.datasheetcatalog.com/) Almost every data sheet out there.