Miniature electronic suppliers??

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homeboy
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Miniature electronic suppliers??

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I see lots of posts for LED suppliers but can anyone recommend a source for switches, wire, and other small electronic materials?
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blakeh1
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This place has all kinds of useful stuff like wires, wire wrap, switches etc...


They also are a great source for LEDs. They are pre-wired with resistors so you can literally just plug-and-play with a power source. They also sell wall regulated adapters prewired with a connector. They also have flashing LEDs, flickering LEDs etc...

https://www.modeltrainsoftware.com/

Wires switches fiber optics and more
https://www.modeltrainsoftware.com/mosu2.html
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Adafruit and Sparkfun are two my favorite websites:

https://www.adafruit.com

https://www.sparkfun.com

But if you really want to make your head swim with a dizzying number of choices, head over to Digi-Key:

https://www.digikey.com

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