[TriLUG] OT: local source for logic ICs?

[William Sutton]

If you designed your son's pinewood derby car in CAD, you might be an 
engineer.... :-)

William Sutton

On Fri, 16 Jan 2015, Chris Merrill wrote:

> On 1/16/2015 2:32 PM, Phillip Rhodes (Fogbeam Labs) wrote:
>> Anyway, I'd suggest posting to the splatspace list and see if somebody has
>> a 74HC04 they will (give|sell|trade|whatever) with ya.  It's possible I
>> might have one in my box of parts there, but I wouldn't be able to go and
>> check until after work tonight.  But if you want me to, and you don't find
>> one first, I'll happily go look.  I do keep quite a few 74xx chips around
>> for playing around with.
>
> Yeah, Phil....if you could check, I'd be very grateful!  I have all weekend
> and could pick up at your convenience.  My son is pretty excited about learning
> to solder so he can have sequenced flashing lights on his pinewood derby car...
> so I'm trying to make the most of it.
>
> TIA!
>
>> 
>> Phil
>> 
>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 2:28 PM, Robert Dale <robdale at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 2:18 PM, <matt at noway2.thruhere.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I don't know of any local places anymore.
>>>>
>>>> You could always order some from a place like Mouser or Digikey.  If you
>>>> really need them that fast, you can get NDA shipping, though it will cost
>>>> you.  Then again, it is Friday.
>>>>
>>>> You said Ratshack was a bust for HC04's.  How about some other device
>>> like
>>>> a 555 timer or even a simple diode-capacitor oscillator such as this one:
>>>>
>>> http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/electronics-projects-how-to-build-an-led-flasher-u.html
>>>
>>> The TriLUG effect?
>>>
>>> Error in page rendering
>>> Error obtaining database connection Dummies2CDADS
>>> org.jboss.util.NestedSQLException : No    ManagedConnections available
>>> within configured blocking timeout ( 5000 [ms] ); - nested throwable:
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>>>
>>>>
>>>> I hate to say it, but hobby electronics has died.
>>>
>>> Young people are 'lost generation' who can no longer fix gadgets,
>>> warns professor
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11298927/Young-people-are-lost-generation-who-can-no-longer-fix-gadgets-warns-professor.html
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Anyone know where I can pickup some 74HC04s today or tomorrow?
>>>>>
>>>>> Radio Shack was, not surprisingly, a bust.  Not sure where else to
>>>>> look.  I'm on a tight deadline...my son wants flashing lights on
>>>>> his pinewood derby car and we need to finish it this weekend :(
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA!
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
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