List of good online shops for bot parts
I was wondering where online most of you go to shop for parts? Can we construct a master list of important websites here?
This list is from the URLs I've gathered from the various tutorials:
- http://www.solarbotics.com/ (motors, components, solar panels)
- http://www.lprs.co.uk/ (Easy Radio serial RF module)
- http://www.sparkfun.com/ (components, displays, RF, tools, and more)
- http://www.dimensionengineering.com/ (Switching voltage regulators, RC electronics)
- http://www.techsupplies.co.uk/ (UK, microcontrollers, boards, components, motors, and more)
- http://www.newark.com/ (Components)
- http://www.pololu.com/ (robot and electronic parts)
- http://www.superdroidrobots.com/shop/ (robot parts and kits)
- http://www.rapidonline.com/ (components and misc parts)
- http://www.roboticsconnection.com/default.aspx (robot parts and kits)
- http://www.hobbyengineering.com/ (robot parts and components)
It would also been good to have a link on the component pages to where you can order the parts that are described.
@ Tue, 2012-01-31 23:40
FuturlecChinese, great grab
Futurlec
Chinese, great grab bags, solar panels, etc. Watch for backorders that will hold everything in the Far East till all the items arrive.
@ Tue, 2012-01-31 23:05
New on-line shop!
Howdy!
Just set-up a a new on-line shop, focused mostly on Arduino-compatible boards, with some really cool "nano-sized" robot controller boards, as well as Arduino Leonardo-compatible designs! Also have some PIC robot boards as well, as well as stand-alone "3-wire" motor driver boards running locked-antiphase.
See: http://cal-eng.com/ or http://cal-eng.ca/
Comments welcome here or anywhere! :)
@ Tue, 2011-11-22 00:44
Mouser.com is very good for
Mouser.com is very good for components.
@ Mon, 2011-11-21 22:55
the robot shop
http://www.robotshop.com/eu/home.html
http://proto-pic.co.uk/
and techsupplies (already posted) got me everything i needed for my first robot
@ Mon, 2011-07-11 11:07
nexus robots holonomic platforms
This new company has some nice holonomic platforms, if you can afford it:
http://www.nexusrobot.com
The price of kit 10006 is 1280 usd and kit 10011 is 1380 usd.
@ Thu, 2010-09-16 01:11
farnell.com in most
farnell.com in most countries, has most general electronic components
hobbeyking.com RC stuff mainly, but a lot of it like motors and batteries is just as useful for us.
@ Thu, 2010-09-16 00:58
UK store sites
3 sites I have used in the UK:
www.techsupplies.co.uk - Pretty much the source of all things Picaxe, but not the cheapest.
www.technobotsonline.com - These guys do most components, motors, servos, wires et al (including Tamiya track/wheel set etc, Picaxe, Arduino and some Solarbotics things) Also, free UK mainland delivery on orders of £30 or more (it says 35, but I got it at 30 <shrug>) I found their pricing very reasonable.
www.active-robots.com - anything else those other 2 don't. You can choose to have a simple mount kit (and cable if applicable) for sensors from here for an extra couple of pounds.
All 3 sites accept PayPal, which is always good :-)
CT
@ Sun, 2010-03-28 05:45
laser cut parts
You can get some small parts laser cut for free at http://www.CutYourWay.com
the sample sizes are only a couple of inches but they are completely free, incuding shipping.
@ Wed, 2010-06-23 00:53
how do you get the free sample
how do you get the free sample
nevermind I think i figured it out
@ Fri, 2009-09-25 16:05
This site is so cheap
This site is so cheap I can hardly believe it. Has a pretty wide selection of components also. Check out the "gold packs" and "assortments" if you just want lots of parts for cheap. Great if you're new like me and want a stock of parts for tinkering.
http://www.goldmine-elec.com/