British Microcontroller Dealership

[Togo5]

Does anyone know of a british or english (£) website/dealer that supplies microcontrollers???

there must be many englsih robotics enthusiasts using this site as with very long thorough serching very few have come up

i am after the OOPIC-R board as iv heard its excellent

if anyone knows where i can get it in £ i would be very greatfull

thanks for your help.

[Hal9000]

Get samples from Microchip. That's always quite fun.

Also, don't rapid electronics, rs components or............*groans*.........maplin 'electronics' do any?

Farnell, per chance?

[Togo5]

iv tried maplin, they only do one very simple type of microcontroller/programmer.

thx, ill try the others

[Hal9000]

Maplin are stupid. That's why.

If you have any major problems I could help.......or I probably know people who will anyway.

Good searching etc
!!

[dunk]

yup. Hal9000 has the list of supliers i use covered appart from:
http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/home/homepage.jsp
(a little more customer freindly than digikey but a better range of bits than rs components.)

dunk.

[Togo5]

thanks, the cheapest i can find it is £58, which isnt too bad, ill order it soon, i just gotta figure out how to use it now as iv never used a microcontroller or attempted to program!!!

[Hal9000]

yup. Hal9000 has the list of supliers i use covered appart from:
http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/home/homepage.jsp
(a little more customer freindly than digikey but a better range of bits than rs components.)

dunk.

Yeah I said farnell actually *rasps* lol

[dunk]

meh.
so you did.
type louder next time.

(i guess i meant to include http://digikey.com/. a *huge* range of parts but good luck with their catalouge if you don't know exactly what you want....)

dunk.

[Hal9000]

meh.
so you did.
type louder next time.

(i guess i meant to include http://digikey.com/. a *huge* range of parts but good luck with their catalouge if you don't know exactly what you want....)

dunk.

Lol yeah, digikey scares the crap outta me

[JonHylands]

I love digikey, order from them all the time. Their online search engine is excellent - I almost never look in the paper catalog.

Digikey is the only place I know of where if you need a part, you can have it in your hands the next morning, without paying outrageous shipping fees.

- Jon

[Hal9000]

I love digikey, order from them all the time. Their online search engine is excellent - I almost never look in the paper catalog.

Digikey is the only place I know of where if you need a part, you can have it in your hands the next morning, without paying outrageous shipping fees.

- Jon

I find that the shipping fees are rediculous. Are we talking about the same digikey? 

[JonHylands]

I pay $8 (CAD) flat rate shipping. Since I normally order over $100 worth of stuff, its a small percentage. Normally next day shipping costs $30-40.

And not only that, but I'm in a different country!

Digikey has a sweet setup - every day, they take all the Canadian orders, load them into a truck, and then drive a truck to the border. They go through customs, and then (presumably) to Purolator's distribution center in Manitoba. For orders I submit up to about 5:00 pm EST, I get the next morning, typically by 10:00 am.

- Jon

[Hal9000]

So, maybe because it's canada. I'll maybe try again in the not too distant future. Their stock is amazing, though. I agree.