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New Clearance Categories and Products! | West Florida Components New Clearance Categories and Products! We are finally updating our clearance categories. We’ve added lots of new products to the subcategory pages including: Connectors Diodes DC DC Converters ICs LEDs MOSFETs Resistors Switches Thyristors Transistors Voltage Regulators Click on the links above to...

What Is That Small Cylinder On My Computer Cables? Do you know what's that tiny cylinder towards the end of your laptop or monitor cable? It's a ferrite core that's used to reduce the electromagnetic interference from the cable, which acts as an 'unintentional' antenna, and other devices. The atoms in the core align in such a manner that they cancel...

Amazing artist uses electronic components for his cityscapes

Artist taps old computer parts for techie cityscapes Old motherboards get a new lease on life in the hands of one Italian artist who makes art out of old computer parts.

Due to Hurricane Irma, all shipments will be delayed several days. We will post an update as soon as we are able to ship again. We hope all of our Florida customers stay safe during this storm.

What are Flexible Circuits? So far, the foundations of digital technology we... What are Flexible Circuits? So far, the foundations of digital technology were based on the reliable rigid printed circuit boards (PCBs) and traditiona... - West Florida Components - Google+

Confused on whether you need a ball bearing fan or a fan with sleeve bearings? Check out our newest guide here: https://www.westfloridacomponents.com/bearings-guide.html

West Florida Components Bearings Comparison Guide Guide to ball bearings vs sleeve bearings

Here's a brief video from one of our customers showing how he used the 8 position gang switch in his radio project (switch available here: https://www.westfloridacomponents.com/SW095APD/Gang+Switch+8+Position+Push+Button+4PDT+PSC84422.html)

Circuit to select cannels on my Ritron radio project. Pushbuttons 1 through 8 are wired to generate binary 000 through 111 which will select channels on the Ritron radio. Note that each button has one additional...

Great tips on getting started with your RBPI

Get started with your Raspberry Pi

Pi Zero W from Adafruit Electronics If you didn't think that the Raspberry Pi Zero could possibly get any better, then boy do we have a pleasant surprise for you! The new Raspberry Pi Zero W offers all the benefits of the Pi Zero v1.3, but with one big difference – built-in WiFi!

More specifically, this giant upgrade is the addition ...

Making an Altoids Tin into a Raspberry Pi computer.... https://www.westfloridacomponents.com/blog/raspberry-pi-computer-altoids-tin/

A Raspberry Pi Computer in an Altoids Tin - West Florida Components Although Altoids, a brand of breath mints, has its origin in the UK, it is less widely available there than it is in the US. The mints come packaged within a distinctive tin case, which people commonly reuse for different purposes, mainly as a container for small household items such as sewing mater...

Fun and simple project!

Simple FM Radio (Sure works!) Simple and powerful FM radio with easy to find parts...

We are Pi super fans!

Raspberry Pi 3 review: The revolutionary $35 mini-PC cures its biggest headaches The Raspberry Pi 3's subtle improvements add up to a major usability and performance upgrade.