| I've been spending some time on TheBackShed, reading about their piclog project.
http://www.thebackshed.com/windmill/articles/PicAxe.asp
My brain usually shuts down when I look at schematics, but this looks almost ridiculously easy. Maybe even a dumb-dumb like ME can do it.
So - where do I buy the darned parts for the project? I am in the U.S. and have only been finding UK sites, like www.techsupplies.co.uk and http://www.rev-ed.co.uk/picaxe/ which are cheap! (Couple pounds sterling for a kit). But shipping across the pond surely can't be better than buying locally.
Also, the project calls for voltage regulator (7805) and and N Channel MOSFET. Those are available at Radio Shack.
Then it calls for a PC817 (or any optocoupler). I have no idea where to get that. And I'm assuming some parts house that carries chips and optocouplers might also carry the voltage regulators and MOSFETs for cheaper also?
Where do you guys get your chips, Fire-Emiting-Transformers, and other stuff like that, here in the US? |
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