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Re:Voltage, Amps, Resistance and LEDs by allo37 on Sunday June 20, 2021 @08:31AM (#27569369)
I definitely think there's a significantly higher quality guarantee with Mouser, Digikey, SparkFun, etc. than there is with Amazon/ AliExpress. But hey, like you said for hobbyist use it might just be good enough and the cost savings can't be beat.

As a beginner though, you might bang your head for hours over a non-functional circuit just because a cheapo component isn't doing what it should. Once you gain confidence it can be a bonus challenge to write a driver for some poorly documented knockoff component :p

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Re:Voltage, Amps, Resistance and LEDs by midnightclubbed on Sunday June 20, 2021 @02:29PM (#27572655)
That's a good point. You definitely have to dig a little deeper on Aliexpress, my experience has been that AliExpress components/boards generally work fine but you have to dig for things like data sheets unless its a very standard part - which may be an extra friction point for a beginner.
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