Recently, I have been surveying alot of electronic shops around Nairobi for a chip known as MT8870 which is a DTMF (Dual Tone Multi-Frequency) decoder but in vain. Its an old chip and all I could get are RF chips used for mobile phones. Thats when I discovered that I don't really need that to complete my project, then I learnt about Arduino Chip. Its comes in varios sfunctionality.. Mini, Pro-Mini, At-Mega etc. In Nairobi I found a particuar company that deals with those chips mainly for student projects. The company is known as Nirvana Ltd. Its a tender company, thus they deal with large quatities. They mostly import most of their stuff, and if you get lucky you may find 4-10 chips that have no buyer thus can sell on retail. More Info please follow my link.
thanks a bunch for the info. Do you know the cost? And where is the location of the shop
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ReplyDeleteNirvana Technologies are located along Ngara Nrb. Please follow this link for their contacts:Nirvana Technologies Enterprises Ltd www.nirvanatechnologies.com/ Ngara Rd Nairobi(0)20 2663405.
ReplyDeleteAlso you can check Nerokas engineering solutions. I think they are the cheapest in town. Their Arduino boards cost range between Ksh 2500 - Ksh 11000 depending on the make. But for a simple project I would rather go for a Arduino UNO or Arduino Mega which are cost friendly.Send me your email and i can be able to send you their catalogue. These are their contacts: Address
Portal Place House,
Muindu Mbingu Street.
P.O Box 18936-00100,
Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone
+254 208138956
+254 720238370
+254 722166000
+254 721303265
Also there is another company in Westlands Nairobi known as Kenya Electronics. I don't have much info. about them but they also deal with micro-controller chips
Nerokas are the most competeive in pricing. I bought from them a mega2560 R3 and a gps shield and gprs shield. Very good service and support.
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