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better than search engine spam!

Local Electronics Suppliers

Altronics - Based in Perth but has recently opened a shop in Sydney (haven't seen it yet...).  They've got a good range of stuff, similar to jaycar.

Computronics - Good source for Kinsten PCB materials.

Dick Smith Electronics - Don't bother! (the staff sure don't) - only good for the most basic stuff, transistors, resistors, etc in dire circumstances.

Futurlec Australia - These guys are fairly new but look to be one of the best suppliers around. Huge range, esp. ICs, and very low prices - even for low quantity (no min $). And very reasonable postage prices, esp. since the stuff seems to come from Thailand.

Jaycar Electronics - If you don't know who they are well...what the hell are you doing? Have shops all over Australia.

Oatley Electronics - They sell surplus components, kits, used test equipment, etc. via mail-order

Polykom - Never used 'em but they have an interesting selection of components, dodgy website though.

RCS Radio - PCB manufacturer, located in Sydney. My source for ferric chloride :)

Rockby Electronics - My favorite mail-order supplier (well...them and worldwide). Huge selection (lots of SMDs), they sell a lot of surplus stuff too.

Tecs - They have couple of shops in Melbourne - never used them, maybe someday.

Wiltronics - Mail-order supplier, has a range of components/tools/hardware similar to Jaycar.

Worldwide Electronic Components - Shop located in Perth but they mail stuff everywhere (hence the name). Just components but they've got a really good range - better than Jaycar's and cheaper too. Also a DOS based catalog to download! ($20 min order...bleh)

WES Components - Mainly supply parts to the consumer electronics repair industry but have loads of things you just can't find anywhere else (like female SCART sockets). Their website is pretty empty... basically just a catalog order form. The best way to order parts from them through your local tv/vcr repair shop.

High Country Service Data - Service manuals (tv,vcr,hifi,etc) for rent. Great resource.

International Electronics Suppliers

Cosmic Amusement Machine Company - (HK) Distributors of arcade parts, (sanwa) joysticks, etc

Digikey - (american) A good source of components for people in the US.

Reichelt - (german) This looks like the best place to buy components in Germany.

Timeline Inc. - (american) Best place to get LCD displays from... they also sell small CRT monitors, power supplies, and other surplus stuff.

Electronics Projects

Analog Oriented Homebrew Hardware - The name describes it pretty well.

Batronix - Designs for an (E)EPROM programmer and a flash micro programmer. (in German and English)

Electronic Lives Mfg - A huge collection of interesting projects and notes. (in Japanese and English)

Elliott Sound Products - A big collection of audio related projects.

Home Page of Roman Black - Some very interesting projects - have a look at BTc PICsound and the Black Regulator (two transistor DC-DC converter).

Mondo Technology - 25+ Pic Projects. Excellent microcontroller resource.

Pira.cz - Pirate radio, FM transmitters, antennas, etc (in Czech and English)

'Page of an engineer and wireless enthusiast' - A TV and VGA test pattern generator using a microcontroller. (in Russian)

Some other random websites...

Circuits Discover... Each Other
asciipr0n.com
textfiles.com
Giant Internet IC Masturbator
shmups.com - dedicated to scrolling shoot-em-ups, shmups
Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ
Exploitation Video
Deathskull Laboratories
GameSX.com
Australian Music Books/El Crapo Productions
Ralf Brown's Interrupt List
ponk111.com - Punk CD/record/tape reviews
BlueTech
Linux for old PCs
Home of the Underdogs - Abandonwarez!
the Hardware Book - pinouts, etc
Doctor DOS Betamax's DOS Site
Total Hardware '99 - Jumper settings for 18,655 devices
Mpxplay - AAC/AC3/APE/DTS/MP2/MP3/MP4/MPC/OGG/WAV/CD player for DOS
datasheetarchive.com - turn on the ad blocker
Privoxy - great program. Web browsing without ads!
Google Watch and their Scroogle Scraper
Peasant's Quest
Off Planet Films
Community Activist Technology

Last updated 17/4/05