[sdiy] Through-Hole MLCC capacitors

[James Grenert]

Hi, Dave.
I don't think there's any reason to buy the entire range as you have
listed; you are going to use way more 0.1uF than 470pF, for example.
You'll run out of the values you really need and have a bunch of stuff
you may never use.  Also, when you get to 1uF, you're probably better
off with either electrolytic (instead of X7R) or film (instead of C0G)
caps.  Just buy what values you need when you need them, and buy
extras to get the bulk discount and start up your supplies.
Generally, I get my caps from Mouser, but right now Jameco has great
deals on AVX ceramic caps, including 0.1uF X7R, which is far and away
my most commonly used value of ceramic cap:
https://www.jameco.com/z/SR205C104KAR-AVX-Capacitor-0-1-uF-50-Volt-X7R-10-Radial-2-54mm-Bulk_767658.html

Best,
J. P.

On 7/17/17, David G Dixon <dixon at mail.ubc.ca> wrote:
> Hey SDIY team,
>
> Where do you guys buy your Through-Hole MLCC capacitors?  For all my synth
> DIY moxy, I'm really not very good at buying stuff.  I was just on Digikey
> and left very discouraged.  I'd really love to find a nice kit with a good
> selection of values from about 100pF to 1uF (say, every other standard
> value) in C0G and X7R at a 50V rating.  Am I dreaming the impossible dream?
> Are these things really that hard to find now?  I used to get those lovely
> blue EKCO caps from my university.  I loved those because they were marked
> with legible white printing that I could read without a magnifying glass.
> Also, even though they were 5% or 10% tolerance, they were generally within
> 1% of their stated values.  Of all the companies to go out of business....
>
> Anyway, any advice would be most heartily appreciated.
>
> Hugs,
> Dave Dixon
>
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