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Evan KC2IHX (he/him)NPR has an article about <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/DigiKey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigiKey</a> and the impact of US <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariff</a> policy. Quite the read, and a number of pictures of their warehouse, for those interested.(Also a cool photo of the Thief River Falls, <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Minnesota</a> train station turned City Hall.)<a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/AmateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmateurRadio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electronics</a><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5332209/digikey-tariff-small-minnesota-town-big-company" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5332209/digikey-tariff-small-minnesota-town-big-company</a>

J. Steven York RESISTSIf you have ever dabbled in electronics, you probably have heard of the massive parts seller, Digikey. Now they're an example of how Trump's tariffs endanger American companies and American jobs. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5332209/digikey-tariff-small-minnesota-town-big-company?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5332209/digikey-tariff-small-minnesota-town-big-company?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electronics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/makers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#makers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digikey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digikey</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tarrifs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a>

C.Yes, you take your chances - there's the occasional outright scam, or so-so quality parts (like the ones that inspired me to write this), but you go into it with your eyes open. You take a chance because it's dirt cheap.And 90% of the time, the parts are just fine.For anything important, or safety-related, or mains-connected, or anything I build for other than personal use, I won't use yum-cha parts like this. For those, I order good name-brand parts from a reputable supplier (Newark/Element14/RS, DigiKey, etc).But for hobbyists just having fun, messing around? AliExpress and friends are an absolute godsend. You can now get into hobby electronics for practically nothing, and build stuff and see if you like it.There's a place for quality parts, and a place for cheap parts. Knowing which is which isn't hard.Three cheers for cheap components!2/2<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/build" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#build</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/maker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maker</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/circuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#circuit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#student</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#money</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/savings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#savings</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/cheap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cheap</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/DigiKey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigiKey</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/RS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RS</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Newark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newark</a>

mazzoo<a href="https://fulda.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://fulda.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usa</a> <a href="https://fulda.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electronics</a> when designing electronics usually you have a huge choice of what component to choose. see the example URL with 25k models of "switching voltage regulators", then you limit down by your electronic parameters, then by your mechanical parameters (size) and finally maybe by price. since the recent weeks I also start to filter by company/manufacturer, and I start researching whether a company is american or not, and I learn a lot. I am certain I am not the only one trying to boycott US products, but it would be interesting to see the real numbers from <a href="https://fulda.social/tags/mouser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mouser</a> , <a href="https://fulda.social/tags/digikey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digikey</a> and others. they have the numbers from the search queries. oh, and they're US-based.<a href="https://www.mouser.de/c/semiconductors/power-management-ics/voltage-regulators-voltage-controllers/switching-voltage-regulators/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mouser.de/c/semiconductors/power-management-ics/voltage-regulators-voltage-controllers/switching-voltage-regulators/</a>

The Chaotic Good 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🖖When you order six meters of cable, but <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/DigiKey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigiKey</a> sends you six boxes. <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/whoops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#whoops</a>

Mawoka<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DigiKey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigiKey</a> has lost me as a customer today. I've ordered twice and both times, I paid in front with a realtime bank transaction. And both times I had to contact the customer support twice. At least. And it took over a week between them receiving the money and them acknowledging that they've received the money. And there were 1.5 months between these orders. This can't be as I cannot trust Digikey anymore which is really unfortunate. Let's see what they'll do with my second order.

adingbatponder<a href="https://mastodon.social/@cd0" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cd0</a> Wow. What a horrible approach of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Digikey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Digikey</a>. If I have a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/proxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#proxy</a>, does that solve the problem ? Can I then leave all their tracker crap on and not care less? Or do I need a "quarantined" web session that I then toast? Or use <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tails</a> ? Or have I not understood? Why is this so hard? It is like when u go to a shop for cheese they say "No cheese unless you tell me the contents of your fridge and pantry". <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/adblockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adblockers</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/trackers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trackers</a>

adingbatponder<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/digikey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digikey</a> is a superb supplier of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electronics</a> parts but it does not like my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/protonvpn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protonvpn</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/adblocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adblocker</a> I think a site should never have the right to do this. I do not mind adverts as such, but the tech they want to apply on the site is vastly more than mere "adverts". <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enshitification</a> So do I need a proxy fall-back for when <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/vpn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vpn</a> is off ?

le Pétomane AncienDigikey has an excellent page on their site about how they are handling tariffs on imported electronics. As you might expect, it's a complex moving target but the information seems complete and up to date. <a href="https://www.digikey.com/en/resources/tariff-resources" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.digikey.com/en/resources/tariff-resources</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DigiKey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigiKey</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tariffs</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Electronics</a>

Charles J Gervasi ⚡🛡️🥥<a href="https://mastodon.social/@todbot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@todbot</a> Like <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@amcewen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@amcewen</a>, I start with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Samtec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Samtec</a> for something like that. They'll overnight a good number of free samples, and the parts are available on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Digikey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Digikey</a>. What about TSW and SSW? <a href="https://www.samtec.com/products/tsw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.samtec.com/products/tsw</a> <a href="https://www.samtec.com/products/ssw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.samtec.com/products/ssw</a>

chris@strafpla.netI can‘t even think the word <a href="https://mstdn.strafpla.net/tags/Barcelona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Barcelona</a> without hearing <a href="https://mstdn.strafpla.net/tags/FreddyMercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreddyMercury</a> and <a href="https://mstdn.strafpla.net/tags/MontserratCaball%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MontserratCaballé</a> sing and I can‘t look up anything on <a href="https://mstdn.strafpla.net/tags/Digikey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Digikey</a> without humming “🎵Where in the world is that part I need?🎶”. This is excellent marketing in a fun way. <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@adafruit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@adafruit</a>

Charles J Gervasi ⚡🛡️🥥<a href="https://mastodon.social/@Stinson_108" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Stinson_108</a> I live in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WI</a>, so I can get the cheap shipping and have parts from <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Digikey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Digikey</a> in two days.

Charles J Gervasi ⚡🛡️🥥I ordered cut tape of five inductors from <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/digikey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digikey</a>, and they came in this large box with nothing but the parts and a packing slip.

doragasuAh yeah, buying 10 resistors is cheaper than buying 1 🤷‍♂️ <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Digikey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Digikey</a>

Make:Can't make it to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MakerFaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MakerFaire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BayArea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BayArea</a> this weekend? You can catch our <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/live" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#live</a> stage presentations, sponsored by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigiKey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigiKey</a>, on YouTube! 🤖📹👨‍👩‍👦<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc1IyPfdZH8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc1IyPfdZH8</a>

Make:Can't make it to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MakerFaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MakerFaire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BayArea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BayArea</a> this weekend? You can still catch our <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/live" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#live</a> stage presentations, sponsored by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigiKey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigiKey</a>, on YouTube! 🤖📹👨‍👩‍👦<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCL0QkzaXiA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCL0QkzaXiA</a>

Joshua A.C. NewmanHigh af time to read some datasheets <a href="https://xeno.glyphpress.com/tags/digikey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digikey</a> <a href="https://xeno.glyphpress.com/tags/12bit8chADC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#12bit8chADC</a>

ColorfiendYesterday was bad freaking ass. I've started mentoring my kids' high school robotics team. (while wearing an N95) Last year, they invited my then-8th grader to be a full-fledged team member, so since she's a freshman and now I have two kids on the team, I thought I should offer up my time. Plus, my oldest is the team captain. Yesterday was the first meeting with the veterans and the kids who want to join this season. I love quirky high school nerds! They are sweet and kind. They're curious and excited. And that was just watching the slide deck full of typos and mistakes. And kids who made the slides with mistakes laughed at themselves, making the whole room laugh. I defy you to hold a straight face with 50 neurospicy laughing teenagers. It was a delightful afternoon. I know less than nothing about robots, so it will be an interesting school year. But sometimes, it's good for kids to see adults learning and making mistakes alongside them. So that'll be my job, I think. That, and ensuring everyone is fed, gets on the plane, and is in their assigned hotel room at lights out. ;) Today, we are building XRP bots to eventually play full-contact soccer (football) as practice for building our big FRC bot in January. Wish me luck!<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/FRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FRC</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/GirlsInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GirlsInSTEM</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#STEM</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Robotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Robotics</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/XRP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XRP</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/DigiKey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigiKey</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SparkFun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SparkFun</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/COVIDisAirborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#COVIDisAirborne</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Covid</a>

IT NewsShow Us Your Minimalist Games, and Win - Sometimes the tightest constraints inspire the highest creativity. The 2024 Tiny G... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/07/16/show-us-your-minimalist-games-and-win/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2024/07/16/show-us-your-minimalist-games-and-win/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/2024tinygameschallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2024tinygameschallenge</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackadaycontests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hackadaycontests</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackadaycolumns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hackadaycolumns</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/contests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#contests</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/contest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#contest</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/digikey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digikey</a>

IT NewsCongratulations to the 2024 Business Card Challenge Winners! - When you ask a Hackaday crowd to design a business card, you should expect to be s... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/07/15/congratulations-to-the-2024-business-card-challenge-winners/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2024/07/15/congratulations-to-the-2024-business-card-challenge-winners/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/2024businesscardchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2024businesscardchallenge</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackadaycolumns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hackadaycolumns</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/contests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#contests</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hackaday</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/contest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#contest</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/digikey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digikey</a>

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