Here are the categories for our electronics stock or browse the entire list below:
- Micro Processors
Small computers that run and control your devices. The ‘brains’ of your project. - User Inputs
Switches, dials, etc. Ways for people to interact physically with your project. - Connectors
Wires and plugs. - Sensors
Components that sense and detect specialised variables. These can range from light intensity, to moisture, heat, pressure, and sounds levels. - Switching Power
Relays and amps. - Motors
Motors, drivers, and driver boards. - Lights
LEDs, etc.
- Power
Batteries, voltage adjusters and supply. - Displays
Visual displays, monitors. - Communication
components that enable Bluetooth, Wi Fi communication. - Sound
Speakers, amps, samplers. - Cameras
Cameras. - Enclosure
Physical housing/protection for the electronics. - Passive Components
Resistors, capacitors, other little bits.
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