I usually get my electronic parts from china because of the low cost. A arduino uno clone for example, costs less than 5 bucks when bought online, and it works perfectly well. Add in breadboard resistors and all the other bits and pieces and the total won't even exceed 20 bucks. The only problem is getting them <i>into<i/> us/europe as the transportation costs are insane compared to china's. As much as I appreciate the job done by the Mit team, the reality is that there are plenty of low cost electronics readily available, the problem lies in getting your hands on it.
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I usually get my electronic parts from china because of the low cost. A arduino uno clone for example, costs less than 5 bucks when bought online, and it works perfectly well. Add in breadboard resistors and all the other bits and pieces and the total won't even exceed 20 bucks. The only problem is getting them <i>into<i/> us/europe as the transportation costs are insane compared to china's. As much as I appreciate the job done by the Mit team, the reality is that there are plenty of low cost electronics readily available, the problem lies in getting your hands on it.