Bought Electronic Parts
Tonight I blew some more money. This time I bought the majority of the electronic parts (resistors, knobs, etc.) as well as tools to do the work. Most of the money I spent was on tools like a soldering iron, desoldering iron, and a stand to hold the circuit board (these three items alone totalled $33.97). I got all these from Radio Shack, as well as a bunch of other things. Total cost was $66.15. Radio Shack gives FREE SHIPPING TO FPO/APO ADDRESSES! How cool. Maybe I will actually start using them more often...
I also bought some parts from a place called Digi-Key that has a million electronic items in their catalog -- the problem is that it is impossible to know what you are buying if you are a novice like me, but luckily the book gave part numbers. :) I spent $25.27 with them, but they didn't include the shipping cost, which I estimate to be $3.85 for priority.
So at this point, total money blown is $188.73
I still need to buy a portable TV screen (about $90) and some plastic to make my case, so now it looks like this thing will soak me out of about $300. But, you also have to consider that I am gaining some electronic tools like the soldering irons, and the working Atari and games aren't exactly part of the project... I guess at the end I will have to sort out exactly how much went into this thing as far as parts are concerned, and then separate out the cost of the tools and the game cartridges.
Just for fun, I will try to cut and paste the material lists of the stuff I bought tonight. Then I'm going to bed!!
Well, I see that Radio Shack hasn't emailed me an itemized copy of my order, so I will have to post their list later, but here is Digikey's:
Index Quantity Part # Description Unit Price Extended PriceUSD
1 10 876K-ND SPACER ROUND #4 SCREW NYLON CLR 0 0.10400 $1.04
2 10 880K-ND SPACER ROUND #4 SCREW NYLON CLR 0 0.15800 $1.58
3 10 888K-ND SPACER ROUND #6 SCREW NYLON CLR 0 0.15800 $1.58
410 878K-ND SPACER ROUND #4 SCREW NYLON CLR 0 0.14400 $1.44
5 9 CKN9018-ND SWITCH TACT 4.5MM 130GF H=3.8MM 0 0.31000 $2.79
6 5 10H-ND RES 10 OHM 1/2W 5% CARBON FILM 0 0.04600 $0.23
7 5 22H-ND RES 22 OHM 1/2W 5% CARBON FILM 0 0.04600 $0.23
8 2 67-1606-ND LED 3MM ULTRA WHITE WATER CLEAR 0 3.75000 $7.50
9 1 KE1117-ND SOLDER RA FLUX 21AWG 60/40 .5LB 0 8.88000 $8.88
Subtotal $25.27
I also bought some parts from a place called Digi-Key that has a million electronic items in their catalog -- the problem is that it is impossible to know what you are buying if you are a novice like me, but luckily the book gave part numbers. :) I spent $25.27 with them, but they didn't include the shipping cost, which I estimate to be $3.85 for priority.
So at this point, total money blown is $188.73
I still need to buy a portable TV screen (about $90) and some plastic to make my case, so now it looks like this thing will soak me out of about $300. But, you also have to consider that I am gaining some electronic tools like the soldering irons, and the working Atari and games aren't exactly part of the project... I guess at the end I will have to sort out exactly how much went into this thing as far as parts are concerned, and then separate out the cost of the tools and the game cartridges.
Just for fun, I will try to cut and paste the material lists of the stuff I bought tonight. Then I'm going to bed!!
Well, I see that Radio Shack hasn't emailed me an itemized copy of my order, so I will have to post their list later, but here is Digikey's:
Index Quantity Part # Description Unit Price Extended PriceUSD
1 10 876K-ND SPACER ROUND #4 SCREW NYLON CLR 0 0.10400 $1.04
2 10 880K-ND SPACER ROUND #4 SCREW NYLON CLR 0 0.15800 $1.58
3 10 888K-ND SPACER ROUND #6 SCREW NYLON CLR 0 0.15800 $1.58
410 878K-ND SPACER ROUND #4 SCREW NYLON CLR 0 0.14400 $1.44
5 9 CKN9018-ND SWITCH TACT 4.5MM 130GF H=3.8MM 0 0.31000 $2.79
6 5 10H-ND RES 10 OHM 1/2W 5% CARBON FILM 0 0.04600 $0.23
7 5 22H-ND RES 22 OHM 1/2W 5% CARBON FILM 0 0.04600 $0.23
8 2 67-1606-ND LED 3MM ULTRA WHITE WATER CLEAR 0 3.75000 $7.50
9 1 KE1117-ND SOLDER RA FLUX 21AWG 60/40 .5LB 0 8.88000 $8.88
Subtotal $25.27
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