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Computers-Single Board Computers Zygo Systems Limited / Chips2Ship Electronics-Obsolete Zykronix, Inc. Computers-Single Board Computer where to find it 707 Where to Find It Locate the most popular categories for several hundred common (and a few not-so-common) parts and components used in robot building. Accelerometers Sensors-Tilt & Accelerometer Acrylic plastics Materials-Plastics Retail-Hardware & Home Improvement Actuators, materials and hardware Actuators-Motion Products Machine Framing Adhesive tapes Materials Supplies-Glues & Adhesives Adhesives, glues Manufacturer-Glues & Adhesives Materials Materials-Plastics Retail-Arts & Crafts Retail-Hardware & Home Improvement Retail-Train & Hobby Supplies-Glues & Adhesives Alumalite (laminate material) Materials-Foam Materials-Paper & Plastic Laminates Alumilite (casting material) Supplies-Casting & Mold Making Aluminum Materials-Metal Aluminum profile extrusions See Machine framing. Armatures Retail-Arts & Crafts Retail-Armatures & Doll Parts Supplies-Casting & Mold Making Arts and crafts Retail-Arts & Crafts Retail-Other Supplies-Casting & Mold Making Auctions Retail-Auctions Automotive supplies (wires, switches, etc.) Retail-Automotive Retail-Discount & Department AVR microcontroller Microcontrollers-Hardware Ball transfers Wheels and Casters Ballscrews, leadscrews Actuators-Motion Products Retail-Surplus Mechanical Barcodes Barcoding Basic electronics Internet-Informational Internet-Plans & Guides Internet-Web Ring Basic Stamp microcontroller Microcontrollers-Hardware Retail-Robotics Specialty Batteries and battery holders Batteries and Power Radio Control Retail-Automotive Supplies Retail-General Electronics Retail-Hardware & Home Improvement Retail-Surplus Electronics BEAM robots Robots-BEAM Robots-Hobby & Kit Bearings See Power transmission. Belts and pulleys See Power transmission. Blue foam See Foam. Bolts, nuts See Fasteners. Books and other literature Books (various) Internet-Informational Magazines and Journals Manufacturers (various) Bulletin boards Internet-Bulletin Board/Mailing List Internet-Usenet Newsgroups Internet-Web Ring User Groups Cables See Components, electronics. Calculators, conversion Internet-Calculators & Conversion Cameras, video Video (various) Capacitors See Components, electronics. Carbon composites See Composites. Casters Materials (various) Retail-Hardware & Home Improvement Wheels and Casters Casting (plastic, etc.) Books-Technical Materials-Plastics Supplies-Casting & Mold Making Materials-Plastic Retail-Arts & Crafts Celastic Materials-Plastics Chemicals, electronics and cleaning Electronics-Soldering Distributor/Wholesaler-Industrial Electronics Retail-General Electronics Supplies-Chemicals Circuit building components Distributor/Wholesaler-Industrial Electronics Retail-General Electronics Retail-Surplus Electronics Circuit making chemicals Distributor/Wholesaler-Industrial Electronics Retail-General Electronics Supplies-Chemicals Circuits, examples Electronics-Circuit Examples Internet-Informational Kits-Electronics Microcontrollers-Hardware CNC tools Tools-CNC Tools-Machinery Tools-Precision & Miniature Collectables (includes robots) Entertainment-Art Toys Combat robot Competitions-Combat Competitions-Entrant Communications links Communications-Infrared Communications-RF Electronics-Circuit Examples Manufacturer-Components Retail-General Electronics Video-Transmitters Competitions, robot Competitions (various) Internet-Bulletin Board/Mailing List Internet-Usenet Newsgroups Components, electronics (resistors, capac- itors, ICs, switches, relays, etc.) Distributor/Wholesaler-Industrial Electronics Manufacturer-Components Manufacturer-Semiconductors Copyright 2003 by Gordon McComb. Click Here for Terms of Use. where to find it 708 Retail-General Electronics Retail-Surplus Electronics Composites Materials-Fiberglass & Carbon Composites Materials-Paper & Plastic Laminates Materials-Plastic Radio Control Supplies-Casting & Mold Making Computers, single board Computers-Single Board Computers Microcontrollers-Hardware Connectors Distributor/Wholesaler-Industrial Electronics Retail-General Electronics Retail-Surplus Electronics Construction materials (frame) Machine Framing Materials-Metal Materials-Plastics Materials-Store Fixtures Retail-Hardware & Home Improvement Construction tools See Tools, Tools, hand and power Controllers, motor Motor Control Copper Materials-Metal Corrugated cardboard Materials-Paper & Plastic Laminates Couplers See Power transmission. Also: Fasteners Craft supplies Retail-Arts & Crafts Retail-Hardware & Home Improvement Retail-Train & Hobby Supplies (various) Data acquisition Computers-Data Acquisition Datasheets, electronics Manufacturer (various) Internet-Search Internet-Research DC motors See Motors. Decals Materials-Transfer Film Retail-Arts & Crafts Diodes See Components, electronics. Doll-making parts (eyes, notes) See Armatures. Domes, plastic Materials-Plastic Retail-Hardware & Home Improvement Drill bits and accessories Tools-Accessories eBay Retail-Auctions Educational materials Retail-Educational Supply Retail-Science Electroluminescent wire Materials-Lighting Electronics kits Kits-Electronic Electronics, learning Internet-Informational Internet-Plans & Guides Internet-Web Ring Embedded systems Computers-Single Board Computers Microcontrollers-Hardware Expanded (foamed) PVC See PVC. Expanded foam See Foam. Fasteners (nuts, bolts, etc.) Distributor/Wholesaler-Other Components Fasteners Retail-Automotive Supplies Retail-Hardware & Home Improvement Fiberglass Materials-Fiberglass & Carbon Composites Retail-Arts & Crafts Retail-Hardware & Home Improvement Foam Materials-Foam Materials-Paper & Plastic Laminates Materials-Plastic Retail-Arts & Crafts Supplies-Casting & Mold Making Foam core See Laminates. Formula calculators Actuators-Motors Internet-Calculators & Conversion Free plans Electronics-Circuit Examples Internet-Informational Internet-Plans & Guides Gatorboard Materials (various) Gear motors Actuators-Motors Retail-Surplus Mechanical Gears See Power transmission. Global positioning satellite (GPS) Sensors-GPS Glues, adhesives Materials Materials-Plastics Retail-Arts & Crafts Retail-Hardware & Home Improvement Retail-Train & Hobby Supplies-Glues & Adhesives Golf cart parts Actuators-Motors Batteries and Power Materials-Other GPS (global positioning satellite) Sensors-GPS Ham fests Fests and Shows Handy Board Microcontrollers-Hardware Hardware (construction) Materials (various) Retail-Hardware & Home Improvement Retail-Surplus Mechanical Hardware, electronics construction (e.g. standoffs, handles, knobs) See Components, electronics. H-bridges See Components, electronics. Also: Motor Control Incremental encoders Sensors-Encoders Infrared communications Communications-Infrared Electronics-Circuit Examples Retail-General Electronics Infrared components (LEDs, sensors, etc.) Distributor/Wholesaler-Industrial Electronics Kits-Electronic Manufacturer-Components Retail-General Electronics Retail-Surplus Electronics Sensors-Optical Input/output ports Computers-I/O Internet-Circuit Examples LEGO-Mindstorms Integrated circuits See Components, electronics. Jewelry findings Materials-Other Retail-Arts & Crafts Retail-Other Kits Kits-Electronic Robots-Hobby & Kit L293D H-bridge controller IC See Components, electronics. Ballscrews, leadscrews Actuators-Motion Products Retail-Surplus Mechanical Laminates Materials-Foam Materials-Metal Materials-Paper & Plastic Laminates Materials-Plastic Retail-Arts & Crafts Lasers Retail-Opticals & Lasers Retail-Other Retail-Surplus Mechanical Retail-Surplus Electronics LCD panels, serial and parallel Electronics-Circuit Example Electronics-Display Retail-General Electronics Retail-Robotics Specialty Retail-Surplus Electronics LEDs, standard and super-bright Distributor/Wholesaler-Industrial Electronics Kits-Electronic Retail-General Electronics Retail-Surplus Electronics LEGO Kits-Robotics LEGO (various) Robots-Hobby & Kit Toys-Construction Toys-Robotics Lighting effects Materials-Lighting Linear actuators Actuators-Motion Products Linear stages Actuators-Motion Products Machine framing Machine Framing Materials-Metal Retail-Store Fixtures Machine screws See Fasteners. Magazines and other literature Books (various) Internet-Informational Magazines and Journals Manufacturers (various) Mail lists See Bulletin boards. Materials handling equipment Materials Wheels and Casters Maxim power management ICs See Components, electronics. Maze robot competitions Competitions-Maze Metals Machine Framing Materials-Metal Materials-Store Fixtures Retail-Hardware & Home Improvement Retail-Train & Hobby Meters, volt-ohm See Test equipment Microcontrollers, hardware and software Computers-Single Board Computers Microcontrollers (various) Retail-General Electronics Mindstorms See LEGO. Mold making Books-Technical Materials-Plastics Supplies-Casting & Mold Making Materials-Plastic Retail-Arts & Crafts MOSFET transistors See Components, electronics. Motor speed control Motor Control Motors (includes standard, gear, and step- per, and servo) Actuators-Motors Distributor/Wholesaler-Industrial Electronics Motor Control Retail-Surplus Mechanical Movie robots Books (various) Entertainment-Art Toys Movies and books about robots Books-Robotics Entertainment- Books & Movies Muscle Wire See Shape memory alloy. Ni-cad and NiMH batteries See Batteries and battery holders. Nitinol See Shape memory alloy. Notions, cloth Retail-Arts & Crafts Novelty items Outside-of-the-Box Obsolete electronic parts Electronics-Obsolete Internet-Search Optical sensors Retail-Robotics Specialty Sensors-Optical Optics (lenses, etc.) See Lasers Oscilloscopes See Test equipment OWI kits Kits (various) Paints and painting supplies Retail-Arts & Crafts Retail-Hardware & Home Improvement Supplies-Paints Parts, locating Electronics-Obsolete Internet-Search Internet-Research PC/104 single board computers Computers-Single Board Computers Phototransistors, photodiodes See Components, electronics. Also: Sensors-optical PICmicro microcontroller Microcontrollers-Hardware Piezo elements See Components, electronics. Pipe (plastic and metal) Machine Framing Materials-Metal Materials-Plastic Materials-Store Fixtures Retail-Hardware & Home Improvement PIR (passive infrared) Sensors-Optical Plastic hemispheres (plastic domes) See Domes, plastic. Plastics Materials-Plastics Materials-Store Fixtures Retail-Hardware & Home Improvement Retail-Train & Hobby Supplies-Casting & Mold Making Pneumatic cylinders and other air parts Actuators-Pneumatic Pneumatic tools Tools Tools-Power Polymer clay Materials-Other Supplies-Arts & Crafts Supplies-Casting & Mold Making Potentiometers, trimmer pots See Components, electronics. Power sources (such as batteries) Batteries and Power Power transmission components (gears, bearings, shafts, couplers, etc). Power Transmission Retail-Surplus Mechanical Printed circuit boards Electronics-PCB-Design Electronics-PCB-Production Programming Microcontrollers-Programming Programming-Examples Programming-Languages Programming-Platforms & Software PVC (plastic) Materials-Plastics Materials-Store Fixtures Supplies-Casting & Mold Making Quadrature encoders Sensors-Encoders Radio communications Communications-RF Radio Control Retail-General Electronics Video-Transmitters Radio control (R/C) components (includes hardware, electrical, etc.) Manufacturer-Train & Hobby Radio Control (various) Radio control (R/C) servo motors Radio Control-Servos Relays See Components, electronics. Remote control where to find it 709 where to find it 710 Communications (various) Programming-Telerobotics Radio Control (various) Retail-Automotive Supplies Research robots Internet-Edu/Government Labs Robots-Experimental Robots-Industrial/Research Resins (casting) See Casting. Resistors See Components, electronics. RF transmitters/receivers See Communications links. RFID sensors and equipment Sensors-RFID Robot competitions Competitions (various) Internet-Bulletin Board/Mailing List Internet-Usenet Newsgroups Robot kits Internet-Plans & Guides Kits-Robotics Retail-Robotics Specialty Robots-Hobby & Kit Toys-Robotics Robots to buy Robots (various) Rollers Power Transmission Wheels and Casters Rotary encoders Retail-Surplus Mechanical Sensors-Encoders Saw blades and accessories Tools-Accessories Science and science fair parts and kits Retail-Educational Supply Retail-Science Search engines Internet-Search Internet-Research Portal-Robotics Semiconductors Distributor/Wholesaler-Industrial Electronics Manufacturer-Semiconductors Retail-General Electronics Retail-Surplus Electronics Sensors (all types) LEGO-Mindstorms Retail-Robotics Specialty Sensors (various) Servo motors See Motors. Shaft encoders Sensors-Encoders Shafts See Power transmission. Shape memory alloy Actuators-Shape Memory Alloy Books-Robotics Retail-Robotics Specialty Robots-Hobby & Kit Sign Foam Materials-Foam Single board computers Computers-Single Board Computers Microcontrollers-Hardware Sintra (trade name) Materials-Plastics Software, programming and operating sys- tems Microcontrollers-Software Programming-Platforms & Software Soldering tools and supplies See Tools, electronics. Solenoids Actuators-Other Retail-General Electronics Retail-Surplus Mechanical Speech, synthesis and recognition Electronics-Sound & Music Manufacturer-Semiconductors Retail-Robotics Specialty Sprockets and chain See Power transmission. Stainless steel Materials-Metal Materials-Other Standees (life-size cardboard figures) Entertainment-Art Stepper motors See Motors. Stiquito See Shape memory alloy. 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