Guides
Guides to surplus and hard-to-find components
Practical guides for electronics manufacturers and buyers: selling excess and obsolete components, sourcing BOM and end-of-life parts, and checking that parts are original.
- Selling surplus
- BOM & EOL sourcing
- Avoiding counterfeits
- Buying factory surplus
How to Source a BOM When Parts Are Short, Obsolete or Hard to Find
Why some BOM lines are hard to source, how to prepare a BOM suppliers can quote quickly, where to look for shortage and end-of-life parts, and how to judge offers from the independent market.