blaise-blog/electronics-vendors

This post is a roundup of electronics vendors that I have heard of.

general purpose

vendor	notes
Adafruit	Hobbyist vendor. Sells product via DigiKey.
Allied	Specialty in industrial.
Arrow	General purpose vendor.
asapwire	Custom cabes.
Automation Direct	Industrial vendor.
DigiKey	Minnesota. Very popular general purpose vendor.
Grainger	Industrial vendor. Blessed by State of Wisconsin.
Mouser	General purpose vendor.
Newark	General purpose vendor. Blessed by State of Wisconsin.
PDUWhips	Lots of options for power cords.
Samtec	Specializes in connectors
SparkFun	Hobbyist vendor.
TTI	General purpose vendor.

industrial controls

vendor	notes
Automation Direct	Industrial vendor.
Love Dwyer	My favorite temperature PID controllers.
Precision Digital	Nice flexible display and control with modbus.

heating elements

vendor	notes
Omega Engineering	Scientific vendor. Good parts for a lot of money.
Watlow	Lots of custom options.

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