[TriLUG] OT Local Electronic DIY Store

[Francois Dion]

If you have to have something the same day and dont mind a little bit of
driving to Winston-Salem, we have Electronic Distributing (
http://electronicdistributing.com/ ) on Brookstown Ave, not too far from
Fablocker Hackerspace.

Francois
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On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Brian Henning <bhenning at pineinst.com>wrote:

> Radio Shack is about the only one left around here, I'm sad to say.  To
> their credit, they have stepped up their DIY game considerably in the past
> few years, but their markups are still pretty ridiculous on the piddly
> things like individual components.
>
> I often find that I can get a much better deal if I go to an online
> retailer
> and just buy some other odds and ends (like a pile of LEDs and limiting
> resistors.  Everyone needs LEDs!) to reduce the shipping-per-part ratio.
>
> On a related note, do NOT buy the Seeed-brand Protoshield kit available at
> RadioShack if you need to make a stackable shield.  It purports to be
> stackable, but the headers don't line up correctly.  It can be a bottom or
> a
> top, but not a middle.
>
> Happy hacking!
> ~Brian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Ken Mink
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:47 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> Subject: [TriLUG] OT Local Electronic DIY Store
>
> I know there's plenty of tinkerers here. I'm working on an Adruino
> project and I need a photocell. I can find tons online, but the shipping
> is way more than the ~$1 for the photocell. Is there any DIY electronics
> retail locations in the Triangle?
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
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