BeagleBone Cookbook

Appendix A. Parts and Suppliers

Parts

The following tables list where you can find the parts used in this book. We have listed only one or two sources here, but you can often find a given part in many places.

Table A-1. United States suppliers

Supplier	Website	Notes
Adafruit	http://www.adafruit.com	Good for modules and parts
Amazon	http://www.amazon.com/	Carries everything
Digikey	http://www.digikey.com/	Wide range of components
MakerShed	http://www.makershed.com/	Good for modules, kits, and tools
RadioShack	http://www.radioshack.com/	Walk-in stores
SeeedStudio	http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/	Low-cost modules
SparkFun	http://www.sparkfun.com	Good for modules and parts

Table A-2. Other suppliers

Supplier	Website	Notes
Element14	http://element14.com/BeagleBone	World-wide BeagleBoard.org-compliant clone of BeagleBone Black, carries many accessories

Prototyping Equipment

Many of the hardware projects in this book use jumper wires and a breadboard. We prefer the preformed wires that lie flat on the board. Table A-3 lists places with jumper wires, and Table A-4 shows where you can get breadboards.

Table A-3. Jumper wires

Supplier	Website
Amazon	http://www.amazon.com/Elenco-Piece-Pre-formed-Jumper-Wire/dp/B0002H7AIG
Digikey	http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/TW-E012-000/438-1049-ND/643115
RadioShack	http://www.radioshack.com/solderless-breadboard-jumper-wire-kit/2760173.html#.VG5i1PnF8fA
SparkFun	https://www.sparkfun.com/products/124 ...