Choosing & Sourcing Parts

Before launching into a hunt for parts, you should decide:

• What your design will be
• Whether it uses through-hole, surface-mount or both
• Your budget, or target price per board

You can certainly browse parts and find something you want to build a board around, we've done it from time to time at Pimoroni. If this is your first board, keep it simple!

• Choosing & Sourcing parts
  • SMD or Through hole
  • Octopart
  • Mouser
  • Finding cheap parts