Online Resources
We understand that many students will still need to do prototyping. Here’s a list of online vendors that will be able to help you complete your projects remotely, besides from the obvious eBay, Newegg, and Amazon.
| Site | Notes |
|---|---|
| Circuit Board | |
| OSH Park | up to 4-layer PCBs, fast turnaround, 1.6 mm and 0.8 mm boards, flex boards |
| OSH Stencils | stainless steel and polyimide stencils |
| JLCPCB | SMT population, lots of board options, stencils |
| 4PCB | |
| Electronic Components | |
| Digikey | good pricing, normally excellent selection (impacted by COVID-19), excellent part search |
| Mouser | |
| 3D Parts | 3D printing, CNC machining, injection molding, sheet metal, instant quotes from CA |
| Rapidmade | local to Portland, many other services, instant quotes for 3D prints only |
| Protolabs | high quality, kind of picky |
| 3D Hubs | cheap/popular, brokers to small shops, severely delayed shipping due to COVID-19 |
| Xometry | good 3D printing, brokered machining |
| Mechanical Components | |
| McMaster-Carr | large markups, good selection, very easy to find what you need, sells components and tools |
| MSC Direct | decent prices, very good selection, poor interface |
| Metal Supermarkets | metal stock, cut to size, minimal processing available |
| TAP Plastics | plastic stock, cut to size, minimal processing available, also sells tools |