ICs and Microchips

The NE556 is a dual 555 timer IC in a single 14-pin DIP package, providing two independent timing circuits. Each timer operates identically to the ...

A 74HC154 4-to-16 line decoder/demultiplexer IC in a through-hole DIP-24 package. This chip takes a 4-bit binary input and activates one of 16 mutu...

The WS2811 is the driver IC used in NeoPixel LED strips and pixels. In this SOIC-8 package, it lets you build your own addressable RGB LEDs by driv...

The VS1053 is a multi-format audio codec chip, loved by many for its simplicity and power. CODEC stands for "Coder & Decoder" and that's pre...

The CD4017 is a CMOS decade counter/divider IC that sequentially activates one of ten outputs (Q0–Q9) on each rising edge of the clock input. Widel...

The DFRobot IIC to GPIO Shield V2.0 (DFR0013) expands your Arduino's digital I/O capacity by converting a single I2C bus into 16 additional digital...

A 74LS27 triple 3-input NOR gate IC in a through-hole DIP-14 package. Contains three independent 3-input NOR gates for digital logic design and sig...

A 74LS86 quad 2-input exclusive-OR (XOR) gate IC in a through-hole DIP-14 package. Contains four independent 2-input XOR gates, essential for parit...

The PICAXE 28X2 is an enhanced 28-pin PICAXE microcontroller with 8× the program memory of the original PICAXE28, plus additional features includin...

VS1103b is a single-chip MIDI/ADPCM/WAV audio decoder and ADPCM encoder that can handle up to three simultaneous audio streams. It can also act ...

MP3 decoding is now even easier! This is the popular VS1011 single-chip MP3 audio decoder from VLSI is an easy to solder SOIC package! It contai...

The Nordic Semiconductor nRF24L01+ is a 2.4 GHz transceiver IC with an enhanced feature set over the original nRF24L01, including improved range, a...

These are various leaded cables for attaching to multimeters, power supplies, oscilloscopes, function generators, etc. Cables come in red/black pai...

This is the MCU used for the original IOIO. The PIC24FJ256DA206 is a 16-bit flash microcontroller with an embedded graphics controller and USB On-T...

The ATtiny84 is an 8-bit AVR microcontroller in a 14-pin DIP package. With 8KB of flash, 512 bytes of SRAM, 512 bytes of EEPROM, and an 8-channel 1...

A Texas Instruments MSP430F1232 ultralow-power 16-bit RISC microcontroller in an SMD package. Designed for battery-powered and portable measurement...

Add a bunch of high-power outputs to a microcontroller system with chainable shift registers. These chips take a serial input (SPI) of 1 byte (8 bi...

LM324 - 14 - Quad low power op-amp Specifications active mount type Through Hole active connector type Solder Legs component package DIL ...

The LM3914 is an analogue-controlled dot/bar display driver that can drive a string of 10 or more LEDs from a single analogue input signal. It uses...

When you need to amplify, filter, add, or otherwise manipulate analog signals you'll certainly want an operational amplifier at your side. This is ...