where do all these nifty parts come from?
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 7:09 pm
I noticed that a lot of the collars and mounts in the kit have part numbers that seem to indicate they come from a large line of products (SCCN**, SK12). Is there some uber-catalog somewhere that is sort of a one-stop shop for these sorts of mechanical widgets?
For example, in the US there's a company called DigiKey that actually sells a dead-tree paper catalog with almost every electronic part known to man in it. Actually buying the physical catalog isn't such a bad idea for people new to electronics, because it's a great way to browse what's out there when you don't know what you're looking for. Is there something like this for these mechanical widgets?
I just picked up this red line laser from seeed. It's quite nifty, I'd like to use it to automate alignment tasks, and it has basically the same form factor as the camera so it should be easy to mount to the head.
For example, in the US there's a company called DigiKey that actually sells a dead-tree paper catalog with almost every electronic part known to man in it. Actually buying the physical catalog isn't such a bad idea for people new to electronics, because it's a great way to browse what's out there when you don't know what you're looking for. Is there something like this for these mechanical widgets?
I just picked up this red line laser from seeed. It's quite nifty, I'd like to use it to automate alignment tasks, and it has basically the same form factor as the camera so it should be easy to mount to the head.