I did a little poking around and didn't see this anywhere else but what I'm looking for are suggestions for what popular IC's to get so I wont hit a brick wall in the middle of a project due to lack of components. So I'm thinking I'll be a little preemptive and buy a handful of X IC's and have them ready to go. My emphasis is usually on LED/LCD driving and sensor reading.
Ideas?
Thanks
GP
2nd question: What the heck is this? -> :-*
What the heck is this?
Looks like lipstick on a smiley face.
A few low voltage single supply op-amps LM358 and comparators LM339
A handful of rectifiers, signal diodes, and 2n2222 transistors
An extra MAX232 or two, with needed capacitors
A handful of hex schmidt-trigger inverter 7414 is a fine one
Some 555 timers.
Extra LM317s
A handful of 10K trimmer pots and a couple of 50K pots with knobs
I can't remember if the 7414 has open-collector outputs. If not, you want to add something that has open-collector.
A Bus Pirate.
A 'scope.
All the resistors and capacitors from an '80s monitor or two.
Lots of 0.1uF capacitors
IR LED's
IR Phototransistors
Some Attiny2313's
Some Attiny85's
Some assorted PICs
LDO Voltage Regulators 5V and 3.3V maybe even some of the lower voltages
Lots of male and female headers single and dual row (2.54 mm)
Maybe some 2mm and 1mm headers for those rare parts (you can use these to build an adapter cable with the 2.54mm headers)
Some logic level MOSFETs
Crystals or Resonators 4MHz, 8MHz, 12MHz, 16MHz, 20MHz
Random assortment of SMD breakout boards
Power jacks
Assorted connectors
Heatshirnk Tubing
7-Segment Displays
Shift Registers
Serial EEPROMS
Realtime Clock Chips
Temperature sensors
USB and RJ45 breakout connectors
All the resistors and capacitors from an '80s monitor or two.
Aww man... My wife made me chunk all my old monitors....