Think of this as an expert system for picking parts…
Almost everyone pretty much picks the same part for a purpose. With lots of practice, you can easily figure out what the 'most common' part is but it's always good to get some help along the way!
Electromechanical
Switches - Switches, slide, toggle, buttons and jumpers/shunts
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Sockets - IC sockets (not female header)
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Passives
Capacitors - All sorts of capacitors, from 10pF to 1000uF!
Resistors - Just your everyday basic resistors, thermistors, PTC fuses
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Inductors - coils, ferrite beads, chokes, etc.
Semiconductors
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Diodes - Power, Schottkey, zener, etc.
LEDs - Everyone needs LEDs, either for indicators or illumination.
Other Electronics
Crystals & clocks - hmm this should probably go under a different, larger group but what?
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Batteries - Coin, rechargeable, Alkaline, etc
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cases, enclosures, boxes, etc.
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Craft Supplies
Packing/shipping supplies
Workbench
Storage - Storage bins, drawers and boxes
Tools - Soldering, cutting, crimping and workholding
Suggestions/Discussion
Suggestions - What would you like to see added to this wiki?