February 27, 2019 at 17:20Where to buy radio components? Part II: overseas stores
Continuation of the post about online stores of electronic components, tools and other arduin.
Disclaimer: The author is in no way affiliated with the stores listed below. All information is taken from official sites, or is the personal experience of the author. The estimate of the number of items in the assortment is taken from queries on Google.
Range:
What are interesting:
Range:
What are interesting:
Assortment: primarily components, i.e. microcircuits, transistors, resistors, potentiometers, but not only.
From the interesting: a large selection of knobs for potentiometers, colored metal cases.
It has been working for a long time. On Facebook almost every month publishes coupon codes.
Range:
What are interesting:
First of all, it is worth mentioning Aliexpress , JD.ru and Pandao . They have a translation into Russian and a search, although sometimes lame, and most importantly - a complaints system works.
Alibaba Group, in addition to Aliexpress, has sites focused on the domestic Chinese market: Taobao (C2C), TMall (B2C) and Alibaba (B2B). This is worth going if you need something very special, and at the same time you are not afraid of the interface in Chinese and the lack of the ability to return the money. In addition, in the case of Taobao and Tmall, you most likely need an intermediary to ship to Russia. If you still decide, then here is an explanatory article about communicating with Chinese sellers.
I’m staying Captain Obvious: the advantages of shopping in China include a huge affordable range, low prices and inexpensive, if not free, delivery. What can I say: 90% of parcels to the Russian Federation come from China.
But you need to understand that anyone can trade on the marketplace, so there is a chance to run into unscrupulous sellers. Sometimes they even fake microcircuits, mosfets or overestimate the characteristics of capacitors, etc. - read MySKU or the ixbt forum . Personally, I have not seen a fake, but you should still take precautions: do not buy at a suspiciously low price, do not buy from sellers with a low rating, read reviews, check the goods that arrived and, if something is wrong, open a dispute.
It is also worth mentioning the giant Chinese B2C stores that sell everything in the world, including DIY-themed ones: Banggood , BuyInCoins , DealExtreme , GearBest , TomTop , Tmart . Worthy competitors to marketplaces: they have support, loyalty programs, promotions, etc. The listed sites deserve some trust, because they have been working for many years.
An interesting store that also produces its own modules. Maintain their blog , a section with manuals , GitHub .
Unfortunately, since 2014, he stopped working with buyers from Russia, even through email forwarders. Some of their modules can be purchased from distributors or on Ebay.
A good (5900+) assortment of components, many assembly kits .
Developer of the Onion Omega family of IoT modules - microcomputers with Linux on board, and peripherals for them. The store sends directly to the Russian Federation, delivery prices are relatively humane.
Range:
What are interesting:
The world's largest sellers of electronic components:
They have it all. A couple of times when I needed a rare chip, I stomped here. Your order will most likely be transferred to a local Russian distributor, or you can pretend to be local, i.e. use the service for sending packages from the United States.
My favorite marketplace - here people put up for sale their small-scale electronic products, modules, assembly kits. Often documentation is attached to the product: circuit, code, BOM, etc.
For example: MPPT controller for solar panels with radio telemetry , MSP430 lamp clock , IN-12 lamp controller , kit for assembling a Z80 computer .
The delivery price can be very different, depending on the weight, volume and country of the seller.
Obviously, there is no single answer to the question “ where to buy ” - it all depends on what exactly you want to buy, how much you are ready to wait, etc.
Before rushing to buy something abroad, you should look at local prices. See previous post . For example, tools and consumables in our stores may cost less, or the price advantage is consumed by the cost of delivery: overseas heifer is half, and ruble is transported . Constructors for beginners also make sense to take from us, because the instruction will be in Russian.
ChinaAttractive with cheap shipping and low prices. But, as already mentioned, there is a danger of getting low-quality goods, either in the wrong quantity, or even a fake. Therefore, do not be lazy and immediately check the performance of the toys that have arrived, especially from marketplaces. Large stores deserve more trust - although they, too, can send the wrong one, but once they simply mixed up the order for me completely. At the same time, Chinese stores, sharpened by "hobbyists" - Seeedstudio, Tayda, Waveshare, etc. - you can trust, but, of course, there is not the whole nomenclature there. Discounts in China are far from always fair; The main day of sales is November 11th.
Shipping from the USA is usually expensive and often kills the whole point of the purchase. Or you need to take risks with untracked delivery. In addition, some even hobby thingsbanned for export, or you will be asked to give an honest written pioneer that you are not military and will not resell the chip to Iran or Cuba. On the other hand, the US has a “maker” market and there are interesting things. And do not forget about their discounts on Black Friday at the end of November.
If you need something rare or in bulk, you should look towards global distributors.
Enjoy the shopping!
The post was prepared by the DIY.ru community Mail.ru Group. Subscribe to our Youtube channel and to the channel in Telegram (relay to the VK group ).
Disclaimer: The author is in no way affiliated with the stores listed below. All information is taken from official sites, or is the personal experience of the author. The estimate of the number of items in the assortment is taken from queries on Google.
China
DFRobot.com
Range:
- ~ 1300 + positions;
- Arduino, Raspberry Pi, LattePanda, micro: bit and compatible boards;
- 150 different sensors, many of their own design;
- ready-made kits for beginners.
What are interesting:
- IoT microcontroller FireBeetle
- own modules, for example, Arduino NB-IoT / LTE / GPRS / GPS shield ;
- actively blogging .
seeedstudio.com
Range:
- ~ 2400 + positions;
- Arduino and compatible boards;
- shields and modules, breadboards, displays, sensors, mechanics, etc.
- ready-made kits for beginners.
What are interesting:
- a wide range of ready-made modules and boards;
- Grove's own standardized modules for assembly without soldering devices for Arduino, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, NodeMCU;
- ReSpeaker - microphones for building speech recognition systems;
- Fusion circuit board printing service ;
- The wiki documentation is in English, but it happens that there is only a specification in Chinese.
taydaelectronics.com
Assortment: primarily components, i.e. microcircuits, transistors, resistors, potentiometers, but not only.
From the interesting: a large selection of knobs for potentiometers, colored metal cases.
It has been working for a long time. On Facebook almost every month publishes coupon codes.
waveshare.com
Range:
- ~ 800 + positions;
- Raspberry Pi, Arduino, BeagleBone, FPGA;
- modules, displays, programmers, sensors.
What are interesting:
- three-color E-ink displays: black-white-red and black-white-yellow;
- own IoT modules , robotic chassis , arcade machine .
Chinese marketplaces
First of all, it is worth mentioning Aliexpress , JD.ru and Pandao . They have a translation into Russian and a search, although sometimes lame, and most importantly - a complaints system works.
Alibaba Group, in addition to Aliexpress, has sites focused on the domestic Chinese market: Taobao (C2C), TMall (B2C) and Alibaba (B2B). This is worth going if you need something very special, and at the same time you are not afraid of the interface in Chinese and the lack of the ability to return the money. In addition, in the case of Taobao and Tmall, you most likely need an intermediary to ship to Russia. If you still decide, then here is an explanatory article about communicating with Chinese sellers.
I’m staying Captain Obvious: the advantages of shopping in China include a huge affordable range, low prices and inexpensive, if not free, delivery. What can I say: 90% of parcels to the Russian Federation come from China.
But you need to understand that anyone can trade on the marketplace, so there is a chance to run into unscrupulous sellers. Sometimes they even fake microcircuits, mosfets or overestimate the characteristics of capacitors, etc. - read MySKU or the ixbt forum . Personally, I have not seen a fake, but you should still take precautions: do not buy at a suspiciously low price, do not buy from sellers with a low rating, read reviews, check the goods that arrived and, if something is wrong, open a dispute.
Chinese resellers
It is also worth mentioning the giant Chinese B2C stores that sell everything in the world, including DIY-themed ones: Banggood , BuyInCoins , DealExtreme , GearBest , TomTop , Tmart . Worthy competitors to marketplaces: they have support, loyalty programs, promotions, etc. The listed sites deserve some trust, because they have been working for many years.
USA
adafruit.com
An interesting store that also produces its own modules. Maintain their blog , a section with manuals , GitHub .
Unfortunately, since 2014, he stopped working with buyers from Russia, even through email forwarders. Some of their modules can be purchased from distributors or on Ebay.
Jameco.com
A good (5900+) assortment of components, many assembly kits .
onion.io
Developer of the Onion Omega family of IoT modules - microcomputers with Linux on board, and peripherals for them. The store sends directly to the Russian Federation, delivery prices are relatively humane.
sparkfun.com
Range:
- ~ 2800 + positions, including rare sensors, modules;
- many platforms: Arduino, micro: bit, Raspberry Pi, Teensy and more.
What are interesting:
- a large and varied assortment;
- own production modules for any tasks;
- e-textile for wearable electronics;
- there is an inexpensive untracked delivery to Russia;
- educational materials .
Global distributors
The world's largest sellers of electronic components:
They have it all. A couple of times when I needed a rare chip, I stomped here. Your order will most likely be transferred to a local Russian distributor, or you can pretend to be local, i.e. use the service for sending packages from the United States.
Other
Tindie
My favorite marketplace - here people put up for sale their small-scale electronic products, modules, assembly kits. Often documentation is attached to the product: circuit, code, BOM, etc.
For example: MPPT controller for solar panels with radio telemetry , MSP430 lamp clock , IN-12 lamp controller , kit for assembling a Z80 computer .
The delivery price can be very different, depending on the weight, volume and country of the seller.
ABRA Electronics- a wide range of modules, electronic components, electromechanics, chemistry, etc. Delivery only to the USA and Canada.- Bioenno Power - LiFePO 4 -batteries, controllers and accessories.
Conradis a major German electronics retailer: both household appliances and Arduino, 3D printers, and radio components. Stopped delivering to Russia.- Cooking Hacks - an expensive IoT store, etc. from Spain, have their own development.
- Ebay - here you can buy new and used components and modules (in addition, you can sell your own unnecessary ones), take part in auctions for antique appliances.
- Futurlec - electronic components.
- Evil Mad Scientist - interesting assembly kits, as well as Easter egg coloring printers (!).
- Group Gets is a joint retail purchase service for components that are sold only in bulk.
- On crowdfunding platforms Kickstarter and Indiegogo , you can also find projects for DIY, only have to wait for many months.
- MikroElektronika is a Serbian manufacturer of various off-the-shelf modules and debug boards.
- MightyOhm Geiger counter - for the Soviet SBM-20 tube.
Pimoroni- English store Raspberry Pi, Adafruit Feather, Micro: bit, Arduino, modules and kits. There are own interesting modules. Do not deliver to Russia.- Pololu - parts for robotics, electromechanics, sensors, Arduino, Raspberry Pi. They have their own modules.
- Antique Electronic Supply - radio tubes and vintage components.
How to choose a store?
Obviously, there is no single answer to the question “ where to buy ” - it all depends on what exactly you want to buy, how much you are ready to wait, etc.
Before rushing to buy something abroad, you should look at local prices. See previous post . For example, tools and consumables in our stores may cost less, or the price advantage is consumed by the cost of delivery: overseas heifer is half, and ruble is transported . Constructors for beginners also make sense to take from us, because the instruction will be in Russian.
ChinaAttractive with cheap shipping and low prices. But, as already mentioned, there is a danger of getting low-quality goods, either in the wrong quantity, or even a fake. Therefore, do not be lazy and immediately check the performance of the toys that have arrived, especially from marketplaces. Large stores deserve more trust - although they, too, can send the wrong one, but once they simply mixed up the order for me completely. At the same time, Chinese stores, sharpened by "hobbyists" - Seeedstudio, Tayda, Waveshare, etc. - you can trust, but, of course, there is not the whole nomenclature there. Discounts in China are far from always fair; The main day of sales is November 11th.
Shipping from the USA is usually expensive and often kills the whole point of the purchase. Or you need to take risks with untracked delivery. In addition, some even hobby thingsbanned for export, or you will be asked to give an honest written pioneer that you are not military and will not resell the chip to Iran or Cuba. On the other hand, the US has a “maker” market and there are interesting things. And do not forget about their discounts on Black Friday at the end of November.
If you need something rare or in bulk, you should look towards global distributors.
Enjoy the shopping!
The post was prepared by the DIY.ru community Mail.ru Group. Subscribe to our Youtube channel and to the channel in Telegram (relay to the VK group ).