[ale] Arduino Locally

[Ryan Neily]

I LOVED Delta electronics.   I used to go there all the time for my bits and pieces.   I went to college, and when I got back, I was sad it had closed.   Have been looking for a similar place ever since. 

I did find (in my travels for work) a place similar in Orlando FL.   The cool thing is that you could get all kinds of salvage electronics stuff from NASA.

On Jul 28, 2011, at 10:20 AM, arxaaron wrote:

> On 2011/07/27, at 13:56 , David Hillman wrote:
> 
>> I got the UNO from Microcenter in Duluth for $29.
>> I also got a few potentiometers and a LCD.
>> It can get expensive when you buy all the pieces
>> separately.
> 
> I think the prices for the bits and pieces of electronic
> prototyping have been pretty consistent over the years,
> Sadly, he funky salvage places like Delta all seem to
> have gone away (is the place near Jimmy Carter and I85
> still there? - it's been a couple years since I was there
> and I can't remember the name), but Fry's fills the gap
> to some extent.
> 
> Relative to what you can build much more easily and
> quickly these days with a core like Arduino, I think
> overall project costs are definitely lower cost in both
> time an money investment.  I think the resurgence
> of interest in basic electronic hobbies and hacking
> has improved availability and affordability, too.
> 
>> It's too bad they didn't have any encoders.
>> Anybody know where to find rotary encoders locally?
> 
> Would it work for you to repurpose a mouse wheel?
> I would imagine you could reverse the role of a stepper
> motor from a dead printer for that.
> 
> Or are you looking to make something angle specific?
> 
> Creative salvage can be the key to cost savings in the
> electronic hobbyist arena!
> 
> peace
> aaron
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Chris Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com 
>>> wrote:
>> Are there any local retailers for Arduino UNO's?  I want to build a
>> project but I need an UNO and the bread board kit.  I've found the UNO
>> for $20 from China (includes S&H) but that will take 2.5 weeks to  
>> get to
>> me.  There are no shortages of these from China.  It just takes too  
>> long
>> and I'm ready to play today :)
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Chris
>> 
>> 
>> 
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