[sdiy] Through-Hole MLCC capacitors

[David G Dixon]

Hi List,

This is the message I received from Brian.  I thought it was sent to the
whole list.  Sorry!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rsdio at audiobanshee.com [mailto:rsdio at audiobanshee.com] 
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 9:26 PM
> To: David G Dixon
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Through-Hole MLCC capacitors
> 
> Hi Dave,
> 
> Mouser lists 46,690 different MLCC leaded capacitors.
> 
> http://www.mouser.com/Passive-Components/Capacitors/MLCCs/Mult
> ilayer-Ceramic-Capacitors-MLCC-Leaded/_/N-bw5t5/
> 
> If you restrict the list to the products that they have in 
> stock, ready to ship right now, they still have 6,238 
> different products.
> 
> http://www.mouser.com/Passive-Components/Capacitors/MLCCs/Mult
> ilayer-Ceramic-Capacitors-MLCC-Leaded/_/N-bw5t5Zscv7
> 
> Looks like TDK make the blue ones, still 1,211 of those stocked.
> 
> http://www.mouser.com/TDK/Passive-Components/Capacitors/MLCCs/
> Multilayer-Ceramic-Capacitors-MLCC-Leaded/_/N-bw5t5Zscv7?P=1yx
> bokaZ1yx6r6bZ1z0zl82
> 
> I'm not sure whether those links will show you the same 
> search results that I'm seeing, but it's fairly quick to use 
> Mouser's site.
> 
> Kits are irrelevant when a company like Mouser will put any 
> number of components into a bag labeled with your own 
> customer part number. If you want to make a kit, just sign up 
> for an account with Mouser and create a Saved Project. This 
> will allow you to enter a "Customer Part #" for each item, 
> and you can share your kit with others or order it again very easily.
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
> On Jul 17, 2017, at 8:45 PM, David G Dixon <dixon at mail.ubc.ca> wrote:
> > 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.
>