Hardware
Preferred Vendors
UTA has business partnerships with the following organizations:
Mouser Electronics
Mouser Electronics is in Mansfield and UTA gets free shipping from them, the only vendor on this list with free shipping. We usually receive the products next-day as long as the order is in by noon. Their website can be cumbersome to use at first, but once you know what you are looking for, it is very easy to narrow it down based on parameters.
https://www.mouser.com/
ServoCity / goBILDA
ServoCity is located in Kansas, and shipping time is usually 3 days (they ship by USPS, not UPS/FedEx). We have a 15% eduational discount with them.
https://www.servocity.com/ & https://www.gobilda.com/
Pololu
Pololu is located in Nevada, so shipping time is 3-4 days, but we do get a price break on their products.
https://www.pololu.com/
DigiKey
DigiKey is a competitor of Mouser, located in Minnesota. We get a small price break on products, but pay for shipping. They do tend to stock different products not available from other vendors, Mouser included.
https://www.digikey.com/
McMaster-Carr
McMaster-Carr is a bulk hardware and materials vendor. Most items from them come in 10, 50, and 100 packs.
https://www.mcmaster.com/
Amazon
UTA has special pricing for many things on Amazon. PLEASE take note that items that are not PRIME have 5-8 day lead times to get through the supply chain. If it’s marked as PRIME, we usually get it in 2-3 days.
https://www.amazon.com/
Other Hardware Vendors
UTA does not have business partnerships with the following organizations, but they are great places to find the things you need:
SparkFun
Sparkfun is located in Colorado, so shipping time is usually 3 days. However, they are generally quite detailed in their datasheets for the items they create themselves.
Take note that Mouser (above) does have quite a few of Sparkfun’s product lines – Typically $2-3 higher per item, but the free shipping from Mouser washes that out depending on quantities.
https://www.sparkfun.com/
Adafruit
Adafruit is located in New York, so shipping time is usually 3-4 days. They have videos for many of their in-house products, but datasheets can sometimes be lacking.
https://www.adafruit.com/
Software / Assets
Unity Asset Store
UTA has a tax-free educational record on file with the Unity Asset Store.
ArtStation.com
Dr. Gieser is working with the UTA Business and Technology departments to have ArtStation.com added as an authorized vendor.