lpbkdotnet on Nostr: You know what I miss most about bricks and mortar electronics stores? Project boxes ...

You know what I miss most about bricks and mortar electronics stores?

Project boxes

Being able to browse them as physical objects, hold them in my hand, offer up a component or two to get a feel for layout, pick the one that’s right for this project…

I suck at visualising the dimensions of a case from a catalogue description.

It doesn’t help when a catalogue or datasheet illustrate a whole range with a single illustration.

What’s prompted this?

I bought the wrong size.

again.