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====== Introduction ======
Here is a list of independent Electronic Kit makers. I try to keep this updated often but its certainly not complete.

====== Big Biz ======

I don't consider these companies to be independent kit makers but I include them for completeness' sake

  * [[http://www.vellemanusa.com/|Velleman]]
  * [[http://www.canakit.net/|CanaKit]]
  * [[http://www.elenco.com/|Elenco]]





====== Music & MIDI Kits ======

  * [[http://www.paia.com/|PAiA]] Famous for their synthesizers, and other audio kits
  * [[http://www.buildyourownclone.com/|B.Y.O.C]] Build Your Own Clone, stomp boxes
  * [[http://www.4mspedals.com/kits.php?mode=desc|4ms pedals]] kits of the guitar pedals described at [[http://www.commonsound.com/kits/doku.php|CommonSound]]
  * [[http://highlyliquid.com/kits/|Highly Liquid]] All sorts of MIDI and circuitbending kits
  * [[http://www.saratronics.com/|Saratronics]] Makes a kit based off of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips_SAA_1099|Philips SAA1099]] sound generator
  * [[http://www.avishowtech.com/mbhp/|AVI Showtech]] sells PCBs and kits for [[http://www.ucapps.de|uCApps.de]]/MidiBox projects.
  * [[http://www.harrisoninstruments.com/|Harrison Instruments]] More thememins than you can shake a stick at!

====== A/V Kits ======
  * [[http://www.41hz.com/|41Hz]] Audio amps
  * [[http://www.hiviz.com/|HiViz]] Sound & Photogate triggers for electronic camera flashes (for "high speed" photography
  * [[http://www.critterandguitari.com/|Critter]] Audio & Video synths 
  * [[http://www.teuthis.com/|Teuthis]] Open source MP3/audio players 
  * [[http://www.yampp.com/|YAMPP]] MP3 players


====== RF (Radio) Kits ======
  * [[http://tapr.org/kits.html|TAPR]] sells all sort of kits for ham radio and other RF meddling
  * [[http://zao.jp/radio/dds_en/|Kazunori Miura]] Sells a $30 DDS adapter board kit based on the AD9833




====== LED kits ======
   * [[http://alan-parekh.vstore.ca/|Alan Parekh]] Stair lighting kit
   * [[http://hypnocube.com/|Hypnocube]] LED Cubes
   * [[http://www.emanator.demon.co.uk/bigclive/shop.htm|Big Clive]] RGB Led kits


====== Re-creations ======
   * [[http://www.altairkit.com/|Altairkit]] a complete reproduction of the 8800!
   * [[http://www.xat.nl/enigma-e/index.htm|Enigma-E]] Electronic Enigma (WWII cypher) machine kit


====== Other ======
   * [[http://www.madlab.org/|MadLab]] educational kits, some nice little things
   * [[http://shop.tuxgraphics.org|Tux Graphics]] O.S. based microcontroller stuff
   * [[http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/hepkits|Evil Mad Scientist]] Some simple kits
   * [[http://shop.embedded-projects.net/|Embedded Projects Shop]] sells a USB AVR programmer (Warning: you need a programmer in order to make this kit work, a real catch-22)
   * [[http://www.dropoutdesign.com/|Dropout Design]] LED 'Conways game of life' and disco dance floor kits
   * [[http://www.japina.eu/|Japina]] Some kits in the store
   * [[http://www.franktechniek.nl/|Frank Techniek]] Nixie/scope/binary clock kits and more.
   * [[http://www.megamanual.com/|Mega Squirt]] DIY fuel injector computers
   * [[http://www.eidusa.com/|Erlich Industrial]] Generic Kits
   * [[http://www.olafval.de/mignon/english/index.htm|Mignon]] Micro hand-held game kit
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