Vendors#

Below are some of the vendors of robotic hardware, software, and related materials. If they're listed on this page, I've done business with them and am satisfied and/or quite happy with their service.

Limor Fried, who founded and is the CEO of AdaFruit, has a list of vendors on her wiki. While we can't vouch for them, they're likely reliable suppliers of robot and hobbiest electonics.

Robotics & Personal Electronics#

• Adafruit (US) personal electronics & robotics specialist
• Pimoroni (UK) personal electronics & robotics specialist
• RobotShop (Canada, US) robotics specialist
• Pololu (US) robotics and electronics manufacturer and vendor
• PiBorg (UK) robotics add-on boards for Raspberry Pi (robots, motor controllers, etc.)
• PiJuice (UK) focusing on robot power supplies and accessories
• 4Tronix (UK) robotics speciality boards for Arduino and Raspberry Pi

Electronics#

• DigiKey (US) & DigiKey (NZ): electronics
• Jaycar (NZ): electronics

Hardware, Plastics, Materials, Other#

• Coastal Fasteners (Porirua, NZ): supplier of nuts, bolts, all manner of stainless coolness
• Mecha4Makers: New Zealand supplier of T-Slot Aluminium Industrial Construction Extrusions & Mechatronics components, as well as motion-specific hardware, tools, cables, 3D printer parts, etc. (prices on some parts are very reasonable)
• Mitre 10: whereas Bunnings have rather meagre pickings, Mitre 10 carry a pretty good line of stainless nuts and bolts
• Pete's Emporium: miscellaneous everything, including wheels, hardware, etc.
• Macplas: an Auckland supplier of pretty much any plastic you might need. I used clear polycarbonate and black delrin, ordered on the phone and it was here in a few days.
• Cactus Plastics in Petone. They don't sell some of the more unusual plastics like Delrin but if you just need perspex (acrylic) they've got it and they're nearby.