{"id":3326,"date":"2010-11-01T10:35:39","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T16:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=3326"},"modified":"2022-12-28T14:48:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T22:48:05","slug":"where-do-you-shop-for-electronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/where-do-you-shop-for-electronics\/","title":{"rendered":"Where do you shop for electronic parts and tools?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Solder<\/p>\n

Mitch<\/a> and I are in the\u00a0process\u00a0of compiling a list of places to buy electronics parts and tools for a book we are writing about getting started with AVR microcontrollers.<\/p>\n

Where do you go to buy electronic parts, tools, and other supplies? \u00a0Do you have a walk-in store in your area, or do you shop online?<\/p>\n

I’m particularly interested in hearing from readers outside of the United States. \u00a0If you live in South America, where do you buy soldering irons, solder, resistors, capacitors, and other odds and ends? \u00a0Do you buy locally or online? \u00a0What about Europe? \u00a0Asia? \u00a0Africa?<\/p>\n

If you do have a favorite place to shop for electronics goodies, leave a comment here or consider adding it to the MightyOhm Wiki<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mitch and I are in the\u00a0process\u00a0of compiling a list of places to buy electronics parts and tools for a book we are writing about getting started with AVR microcontrollers. Where do you go to buy electronic parts, tools, and other supplies? \u00a0Do you have a walk-in store in your area, or do you shop online? … Continue reading Where do you shop for electronic parts and tools?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[359,6,313],"class_list":["post-3326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronics","tag-avrbook","tag-surplus","tag-wiki"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-RE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2621,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/announcing-the-mightyohm-com-wiki\/","url_meta":{"origin":3326,"position":0},"title":"Announcing the MightyOhm.com Wiki","author":"Jeff","date":"February 2, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I am pleased to announce that the MightyOhm Wiki is now online and open to the public. 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