[TriLUG] OT: local source for logic ICs?

[Peter Neilson]

I have had luck getting parts from Brantley in Fayetteville:
http://www.brantleyelectronic.com/
910-485-2100

Mind you, it's been over ten years since I was there, but the place  
reminded me of RS back when it was just one little store at 167 Washington  
Street in Boston. Used to go there all the time around 1957. There were a  
bunch of ham radio parts-or-equipment places around greater Boston, too,  
run by hams, so of course they knew their stuff.


On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 15:48:51 -0500, Chris Merrill  
<chris at webperformance.com> wrote:

> On 1/16/2015 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.
>
> Yeah...my lack of skills is the true cause for this crisis.  I actually  
> ordered
> the chips I needed a week ago. Last night I realized that a 74F04 does  
> not have
> the same specs as a 74HC04...and the 74F04s I ordered are NOT what my  
> design
> will tolerate.
> <sigh>
> It's been a long time since I've breadboarded circuits. On the upside, I  
> have
> re-discovered how much I enjoy making LEDs flash with logic circuits.   
> Simple
> things for simple minds :>
>
>> 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
>
> RS did have 555s.  And the capacitors I needed.  $6 for a CR2032 battery
> nearly made me choke, though.  Fortunately, I already had plenty of  
> those.
>
>> I hate to say it, but hobby electronics has died.
>
> RS has also allocated some space for "Maker" stuff (and specifically  
> Make-
> branded packages)...including a $80 electronics kit containing the $0.50  
> chip
> I need. I'm not that desperate, yet  :o
>
>>> 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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