A name you can trust

Anchor is a Bay Area fixture, having served design engineers, electrical engineering students, and OEMs for more than forty years.

IN THE HEART OF SILICON VALLEY

Conveniently located just off of Highway 101 in Santa Clara, our showroom is a short drive from all parts of the San Francisco Bay Area .

A perfect place to dream

Anchor fosters an unrushed atmosphere. Browse at your leisure or consult with our friendly staff or fellow shoppers on your latest project.

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Used Test Equipment

Here are some items we just happened upon… They came from regular customers of ours, [...]

The First Seventeen

John R. Burgoon Jr., Anchor Electronics’s founder, recalls growing up in Depression-era Pennsylvania in this honest [...]

Evolution of the Microprocessor

The first programmable microprocessor made its debut in 1971 in a business calculator — the Unicom [...]