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Parts that i've used on projects

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Tools

Hand tools

Part Description Mouser
Spudger Doesn’t really mar delicate surfaces, useful as a prying tool for delicate electronics Menda Tools 35622
Flush cutters/side cutters Good quality, almost as good as the Hakko ones. These have a fixed safety extrusion to deflect cut material away which may or may not be desirable in your application. Xcelite Shearcutter 5”, Red Grips

LEDs (seperated by size)

3mm

Part Description/Notes Mouser
859-LTL-1CHE Lite-On 3mm Red Diffused Red Diffused
859-LTL1CHKRKNN Lite-On 3mm Red Clear Red Clear
859-LTL-1CHA Lite-On 3mm Amber Diffused Amber Diffused
859-LTL-1CHAE Lite-On 3mm Amber Transparent Amber Transparent
859-LTL-4256N Lite-On 3mm Yellow Yellow Clear
859-LTL-2231AT Lite-On 3mm Green Green Diffused

Headers (0.1”/2.54mm)

Part Description/Notes Mouser
649-68004-236 Male, 36-pin straight / These headers are slightly longer and mate with solderless breadboards very well 649-68004-236

Pull Jumpers

Part Description/Notes Mouser
151-8033-E (Red) Kobiconn Mini Jumper 2.54mm pitch (Jumper w/pull tab) Red
151-8031-E (Black) Kobiconn Mini Jumper 2.54mm pitch (Jumper w/pull tab) Blue
151-8030-E (Blue) Kobiconn Mini Jumper 2.54mm pitch (Jumper w/pull tab) Black

Resistors: Through-hole

Part Description/Notes Mouser
10k ohm (TH) Common use for pullups/pulldowns [Note R1-M]: 291-10K-RC
1k ohm (TH)   [Note R1-M]: 291-1K-RC
330 ohm (TH) Common use as current limiting resistors for LEDs [Note R1-M]: 291-330-RC

Resistors: Surface mount

0603 resistors

(To be filled, contributions welcome)

Switches: Breadboard-friendly

Part Description/Notes Digikey
MJTP1250 Tactile SPST switch, thin profile and sits flush 642-MJTP1250

Capacitors

Part Description/Notes Mouser
0.1uF capacitors Sprinkles for your circuits Vishay X7R 10% [Note: C1] 594-K104K15X7RF5TH5

Diodes

Part Description/Notes Mouser
1N4001 General Power diode Fairchild 512-1N4001
1N5817 Schottky; fast switching and lower Vf STMicro 511-1N5817

Microcontrollers

Part Description/Notes Mouser
ATtiny85 (DIP-8) Breadboardable package 556-ATTINY85-20PU

Transistors/BJTs

Part Description/Notes Mouser
2N3906 (PNP) For the 2N3906 between TF and TFR, TFR is 0.08 while TF is 0.20 as of 5/15/2013 [Note: T1-M] 512-2N3906TFR
2N3904 (NPN) [Note: T1-M] 512-2N3904TF
PN2222A (NPN) Run of the mill transistor. Try a few for joule thieves. 512-PN2222ATA

Power components

Part Description/Notes Mouser
LM7805 5V 1A linear regulator Don’t forget the caps (datasheet [pdf] has applications) 512-LM7805CT
2.1mm DC Power Jack Pretty common jack size (rated for 18V DC @ 1.5A) 163-179PH-EX