where to buy stuff

mach1982

Hi just bought a arduino and got set up last night, got it blinking . Where the best place to get servos, bread broads , and other electronic components . I'm in Co Kildare

Woow_Aqualung

I mostly buy components from here;

http://www.bitsbox.co.uk/

For AVR chips and other peculiar parts, ebay is where I look. As for actual bricks and mortar shops, the only place I've really found is Maplins, which is fairly expensive in comparison to buying online.

Sputnik

Yeah if you're looking for something locally your options are from limited to non-existent.

If there's a maplins near you they can have a good selection of basics but are incredibly expensive.

These guys are actually local to me:

http://www.chip.ie/

And according to the website they will deliver. Not a huge range and still expensive but better then maplins and of course it's an Irish company.


As mentioned above bitsbox has low postage and good service. They are a bit limited in what they have. A few other places I've used in no particular order:

http://www.rapidonline.com/
http://www.technobotsonline.com/
http://robot-electronics.co.uk/
http://www.solarbotics.com/
http://www.tme.eu

And ebay.

mach1982

Thanks guys , I'm not that far from Blanch, so my check out maplins , but chip.ie looks good and they take paypal

Wish we had something like Radio Shack . if I had the money I might just an set a radio shack type shop up .

Woow_Aqualung

mach1982 wrote: »

Thanks guys , I'm not that far from Blanch, so my check out maplins , but chip.ie looks good and they take paypal

Wish we had something like Radio Shack . if I had the money I might just an set a radio shack type shop up .

I'd definitely back that. I have a like-minded friend who was on holidays over in New York recently, he said Radio Shack was like heaven :P But I'll have to check out this chip.ie , I hadn't heard of them before.

Fuzzy Clam

Woow_Aqualung wrote: »

I'd definitely back that. I have a like-minded friend who was on holidays over in New York recently, he said Radio Shack was like heaven :P But I'll have to check out this chip.ie , I hadn't heard of them before.

We had a couple of Radio Shacks here about 30 years ago.
Radionics in Rialto are handy enough.
http://radionics.rs-online.com/web/generalDisplay.html?id=aboutRS&file=abtrs_contactus.html

Courier is about 8 Euros if you don't want to visit the trade counter.

mach1982

Thanks guys , deiced but stuff on Maplin on line .