Vendors and Useful Links
From Mech
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Local vendors
- Radio Shack, 716 Church St, 847-869-5292
- Ace (Lemoi) Hardware, 1008 Davis St, 847-328-4900
- Home Depot, 2201 Oakton St, 847-733-9200
- Tom Thumb Hobby and Crafts, 1026 Davis St, 847-869-9575
- American Science and Surplus, 5316 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL,773-763-0313 chicago@sciplus.com
- Trossen Robotics, One Westbrook Corporate Center- Suite 960, Westchester, IL. 60154 (877) 898-1005 Trossen Robotics
- Lynxmotion Inc. (Robotics Supplier) PO Box 818, Pekin, IL 61555, 309-353-1816 Lynxmotion
Some commonly used commercial vendors
- McMaster-Carr (mechanical design)
- Digikey (electronic components)
- Newark (electronics)
- Arror (electronics)
- Mouser (electronics)
- Allied Electronics
- Monoprice (cables)
- Amazon Supply, formerly Small Parts Inc. (mechanical design)
- Stock Drive Products (mechanical design)
- US Digital (encoders, etc.)
Robotics/Hobby Vendors
- Sparkfun
- Adafruit
- Acroname (robot kits, sensors, gear motors, wheels, mcu's)
- Banebots (gear motors,wheels)
- Hobby Engineering (electromechanical, hobbyist)
- Junan (robot kits, sensors,gear motors, wheels, mcu's)
- Lynxmotion, Inc (robot kits, robot arms, servos, servo brackets, gear motors, wheels)
- Parallax, Inc (robot kits, sensors)
- Pololu (robot kits, sensors, gear motors, wheels)
- Robot Shop (robot kits, sensors, gear motors, wheels, batteries, motor controllers)
- Servocity (servos, servo-mount gears, linear actuators)
- Solarbotics (robot kits, motors, wheels, sensors)
- Trossen Robotics (robot kits, sensors, gear motors, wheels, batteries, motor controllers)
- Wright Hobbies (sensors, mcu's, lcd displays, alumilite casting material)
- Radio Shack
- Tower Hobbies (hobbyist, RC servos)
- Big Blue Saw- Inexpensive Laser/Watercutting Service & Part Bending
Surplus/Discount
- Marlin P. Jones and Associates
- All Electronics
- All Spectrum
- Electronics Surplus
- Surplus Center
- Goldmine Electronics
- BG Micro
- Jameco (electronics, hobbyist)
- American Science and Surplus (surplus & junk)
- ebay
