Popular Parts

With so many different parts available, it can be hard to figure out which component to use. Taking a look at what others regularly use might make this process easier.

Note that links may or may not be to the best source. Look around, add a link if you find a better one. Do not delete a link, unless product is gone for good.

Kits and Projects
If you're working from a kit or published project consider getting extras of the parts. The authors of these things tend to know, and pick, what's popular. If you use them once you may use them again; there are exceptions, though.

PICs
Because PICs are mostly digital logic, if you use PICs you will need most of the stuff in the Popular Parts section as well as stuff in this section.

Digital Logic
If you use any microcontroller, you will probably also need most of the stuff in this section.

Electric Motors
See motor driver for details.

transistor

"my favorite International Rectifier FU5505 power MOSFET transistor" -- David Cook