Hello everyone,
I am designing a PCB following a schematic designed by someone living
in Europe, and while he supplied a nice schematic and partlist, I am
having trouble finding certain parts in America with the same
specifications. The part list has part numbers for a supplier called
Elfa (www.elfa.se). I have been able to convert most of the parts
listed in Elfa to parts here in the US. But some I can't find...
This is making it difficult to design a board design using parts I
can't purchase here. In fact, there are a couple parts which are not
available at all to consumers (I have found some military and OEM
suppliers who are willing to take a RFQ, but I only need one piece).
How do those of you who live in America deal with designs from other
countries which have different part suppliers?
I have tried digikey, jameco, allecetronics, newarkinone, and
others. Does anyone know of parts in America that match the ones
described below?
http://www.elfa.se/pdf/71/07104979.pdfbc337b - Philips general purpose transistor
elfa #71-072-46
$0.21 EU
http://www.vishay.com/docs/88501/1500z.pdfb40c1500r - 1.5a bridge rectifier
elfa#70-050-93
$1.08 EU
I would be most appreciative if someone could find parts that match
the specs. As this is for a power source, the specs can't be "close
enough" (I've found plenty of parts that are close but not quite).
I would even entertain the idea of sending funds via paypal for
someone in europe to snail mail over these two items (cost of items
and postage). Elfa wants 18-70 EU ($21 - 83USD) for delivery outside
of the EU. That's more than the project costs for the rest of the
parts!
Any good ideas?