[TriLUG] OT: local source for logic ICs?

[Phillip Rhodes (Fogbeam Labs)]

Awesome, glad to hear it.

FWIW, if anybody else uses 74xx chips, you can buy "grab bags" of them from
Jameco for something like a couple of dollars a pound.  You have to sort
them and straighten the pins (sometimes) yourself, but it's a cheap way to
maintain an inventory of useful ICs.

Also on a semi-related note: there is quite a bit of "hobby electronics"
(and related stuff) that goes on at Splatspace, and Splat members
occasionally coordinate group buys from the various component distributors
(Digikey, Mouser, Sparkfun, Adafruit, Jameco, etc.) to take advantage of
volume discounts and save on shipping costs.  If you do any electronics
work, it might be worth joining the splatspace mailing list just to keep an
eye out for these group component purchases.


Phil


On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Chris Merrill <chris at webperformance.com>
wrote:

> Hey, Phil, just wanted to thank you again for your help. Once we plugged
> in a chip with the right specs, we fired up the circuit and it worked
> exactly
> as designed. Justin is very excited and also had fun learning to solder
> yesterday :)
>
> Now we're trying to figure out how to arrange the wiring and components
> into
> the tiny space we have available in the pinewood derby car  :o
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> On 1/16/2015 5:50 PM, Phillip Rhodes (Fogbeam Labs) wrote:
> > Looks like I might have something for you.  Can you call me at
> 919-265-4489?
> >
> > Phil
> > On Jan 16, 2015 1:47 PM, "Chris Merrill" <chris at webperformance.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> 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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