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#4 of 8		Best Electronics Companies to get FREE parts from by damien views: 2411 likes: 4 Building electroncs is one of the coolest hobbies because you can get most of your parts for FREE. Yes, FREE. Including free shippng. You just need to know where to go and how to ask for them. Many companies have "sample parts" available and the ones that don't can usually be talked into it if you know how to approach them. ..more

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by damien for Best Electronics Companies to get FREE parts from

This is a tricky one. I've ordered free parts from Digi-key, but they are not a manufacturer, they are a distributor, so they carry lots of things from many companies and they make their money selling these parts. I first worked my way into their system ordering free samples for some Microchip CPUs that weren't available through Microchip at the time. I built a rapport with one of the account specialists there and was able to order several other parts for free for a digital audio mixer project I was working on. One part was a $50 high-end analog fader. I've gotten over $100 worth of free parts from Digi-key, and they shipped for free too.

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