Sourcing parts (was Re: [sdiy] Alpha pots group buy)

[Dave Leith]

I've found both smallbear electronics and bridechamber have a pretty
good selection of Alpha pots suitable for DIY work.

http://www.smallbearelec.com/

http://www.bridechamber.com/

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net> wrote:
>
> On 22 Oct 2008, at 18:57, David G. Dixon wrote:
>
>>  In my estimation, the major drawback of this whole DIY experience is the
>> extreme
>> difficulty in sourcing parts.
>
> You have to build with what you can get, rather than thinking "if only..."
> and designing stuff with parts that are unobtainable. There's loads of old
> SSM/CEM stuff that I'd design with if anyone still made it, but they don't.
> There's loads of lovely top-end DSPs I'd use if the dev hardware didn't
> involve amputation of a major limb. etc etc... you get the picture.
>
> Pots do seem pretty basic though and it would be nice if someone somewhere
> kept a good stock. Sigh.
>
> On a separate (but related - sourcing parts) note, have people had good
> experiences with Futurelec? I'm currently involved in chasing a order for a
> big pile of CA3280E's that they promised me nearly 3 months ago. I've taken
> it up with them previously, and was assured the order would ship later that
> week "once we get some stock from another warehouse". That was ages ago, and
> still nothing has happened. I understand that these are getting harder to
> get, but if they can't get the parts, they shouldn't take the order.
>
> T.
>
>
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