Re: Chinese electronics and The Art of Electronics
While some of the prices might seem extortionate, it depends what you're comparing with. A parts supplier who does that day in day out shifting thousands and thousands of resistors will be able to sell them cheaper due to the scale alone. Also, I wonder whether those competitors operate from or are based in the USA where naturally their costs will be higher.
Personally, the arduinos I buy tend to be cheap ones from UK ebay sellers, but I'd imagine some people like the idea of working within the adafruit ecosystem, I.E read about a project, and have nice links from the article on exactly what to buy. Perhaps that's the value they add to it. Similarly, any kit you buy would be far cheaper to buy in its individual component parts
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