Re: Getting a stock of basic components

On 2007-02-28, Arthur Rhodes <arhodes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm just getting started, hoping to build some things with
microcontrollers. It would be nice to have a good assortment
of basic components on hand,

The hard part is knowing what's worth having before you've really done
any projects. For example, you might want to have one of those reels
of "5 of every value" resistors, but you'll still be disappointed when
you build a board with a 7-segment display and need 7 470 ohm resistors
for it. Same with caps. For microcontrollers you might need a whole bag
of .1u decoupling caps and 22p caps for crystals, but if you need an RF
filter you'll want an assortment of almost every small value in C0G/NP0.

I just ordered some SMT kits from vakits.com. They have through-hole
as well. If you don't know what you need, you could do worse than order
$50 worth of likely looking stuff from them.

--
Ben Jackson AD7GD
<ben@xxxxxxx>
http://www.ben.com/
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