[N8VEM: 19757] Parts and Suppliers

[Alan Jones]

Since I never do get to see my own posts for what ever reason, I am curious to see how this works.

It would be nice to be able to get parts from one vendor, but that is usually not the case.

In order to compensate for vendors who charge more for shipping or who have a minimum order, I usually hold off ordering from them until I get a list of parts that I can’t usually get from someone else. Also, no matter who I order parts from, I always order more of a part then I need.

That way I always have plenty of spares on hand.



Good luck on your parts procurement!



Al, N8WQ



From: Alan Jones [mailto:***@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2015 10:34 PM
To: '***@googlegroups.com'
Subject: RE: [N8VEM: 19743] Possible updates to the N8VEM SBC V2 BOM



Gang,

Here is a source for the 74LS243.

https://www.rocelec.com/parts/results/all/?s=DM74LS243N <https://www.rocelec.com/parts/results/all/?s=DM74LS243N&utm_source=supplyFrame&utm_medium=buyNow> &utm_source=supplyFrame&utm_medium=buyNow



Minimum order from this company is $50.



I discovered this vendor by using https://parts.io/



Al, N8WQ





From: ***@googlegroups.com [mailto:***@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Trumbour
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 7:06 PM
To: ***@googlegroups.com
Subject: [N8VEM: 19743] Possible updates to the N8VEM SBC V2 BOM



Yes, hi, new guy here. I'm going to be building the N8VEM SBC V2 as soon as my order arrives from Jameco, which will take a whole week because back-ordered connector. It has a 3 day lead time, but is far cheaper than the alternative I found on Digikey ($35?!)

While ordering parts, I hit two issues while working off the BOM on the wiki, and got solutions to both, so that someone could possibly update the file.
1) C31 (22uF capacitor) is listed with Jameco part number 1946308. This is not a valid part number on Jameco anymore. I found Jameco part number 545852 as a substitute, and Ed Snider said that it would suffice.
2) U10 (74LS243) is listed as, uh, "eBay" under Jameco, with nothing under Digikey. I checked Digikey and found this IC as part number 296-11619-5-ND, so no more need to eBay for this part!

Hope this helps you all out! And thank you for the awesome project, I can't wait to put this together!
-Christopher