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Anchor-Electronics has been supplying Silicon Valley's engineers, students and hobbyists for over 35 years...
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Anchor-Electronics has a large showroom with our extensive stock arranged for easy browsing. It's the perfect place to daydream your next project into reality.
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A Peak Inside Our Expanded Showroom
Recently we nearly doubled the size of our showroom to provide even more "imagineering" space for prototypers to explore, and, as always, to dream. Come on in and discover for yourself why Anchor-Electronics has been a Silicon Valley landmark for decades.
Spotlight Items Winter 2010
M.G. Chemical's
Silicon Conformal Coating
We all know what happens when moisture or humidity gets into contact with electronic devices - they stop working. Damage generally occurs at the circuit board level, where moisture and humidity can cause a short circuit. Easy to apply, our Silicon Conformal Coating is very effective at preventing corrosion, short circuiting or arcing.
Silicon Conformal Coating
We all know what happens when moisture or humidity gets into contact with electronic devices - they stop working. Damage generally occurs at the circuit board level, where moisture and humidity can cause a short circuit. Easy to apply, our Silicon Conformal Coating is very effective at preventing corrosion, short circuiting or arcing.
Virtual Industries'
Handi-Vac
Frustrated with manipulating ever smaller parts into place? Virtual Industries' Handi-Vac kit is a low cost pick-and-place tool that can go in everybody’s tool box. The Handi-Vac is static dissipative, and comes complete with four different conductive silicone vacuum cups.
Handi-Vac
Frustrated with manipulating ever smaller parts into place? Virtual Industries' Handi-Vac kit is a low cost pick-and-place tool that can go in everybody’s tool box. The Handi-Vac is static dissipative, and comes complete with four different conductive silicone vacuum cups.
Micro Engineering Lab's
Experimenter Board - LABX1A
The LAB-X1 is microEngineering Labs' first pre-assembled experimenter's platform. While PICPROTO boards allow you to create your own projects with a minimum of hassle, the LAB-X1 goes one step further. It provides an assembled testbed containing most of the circuitry commonly used with PICmicro microcontrollers (MCUs).
Experimenter Board - LABX1A
The LAB-X1 is microEngineering Labs' first pre-assembled experimenter's platform. While PICPROTO boards allow you to create your own projects with a minimum of hassle, the LAB-X1 goes one step further. It provides an assembled testbed containing most of the circuitry commonly used with PICmicro microcontrollers (MCUs).
In the Heart of Silicon Valley
Anchor-Electronics was founded in Santa Clara by John Robert Burgoon, a Lockheed engineer, who was captivated by the nascent stirrings of what was to become known as the Silicon Valley.In 1974 John determined to leave his desk at Lockheed and become a supplier of high-quality electronic parts for the myriad hi-tech startups in the South Bay. Very much in the spirit of the day, he began his new enterprise out of his garage, before demand quickly dictated that he move to a considerably larger space on Walsh Avenue.
Over the years Anchor-Electronics has catered to the needs of engineers from a veritable who's who of tech companies; from Apple Computer, Applied Materials and Atari, to Western Digital, Xilinx and Zoran Corporation. At the same time we have taken pride in nurturing the dreams of hobbyists and tinkerers at work on developing the next breakthrough gadget.