Component Vendors

Pololu is an electronics manufacturer and online retailer serving education, maker, and professional engineering industries with products ranging from sensors and motion control electronics to motors and wheels to complete robots. We strive to offer well-engineered, quality products that enable our customers to take their own projects from idea to reality.

Chinese based, Deal Extreme offers a variety of products - some not necessarily having to do with robotics. However, they do have a fairly broad assortment of electronic components and MCU breakout boards. The prices are very low and the quality is average. The usually offer lower priced versions of name brand components. The trade off with this company is that products ship from China or Korea and can take up to 3 weeks to arrive. 

Chinese based, BangGood offers a variety of products - some not necessarily having to do with robotics. However, they do have a fairly broad assortment of electronic components and MCU breakout boards. The prices are very low and the quality is average. The usually offer lower priced versions of name brand components. The trade off with this company is that products ship from China or Korea and can take up to 3 weeks to arrive.

Mouser Electronics is a worldwide leading authorized distributor of semiconductors and electronic components for over 750 industry leading manufacturers. We specialize in the rapid introduction of new products and technologies for design engineers and buyers. Our extensive product offering includes semiconductors, interconnects, passives, and electromechanical components.

Since its founding in 1972, Digi-Key has been committed to offering the broadest selection of in-stock electronic components, as well as providing the best service possible to its customers, aiding engineers through the entire design process, from Prototype to Production®. This has led the company to be highly ranked year after year in industry surveys, in North America as well as Europe and Asia, in categories covering such facets of business as availability of product, speed of service, responsiveness to problems, and more.