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by LoganDark 18 days ago
LCSC has been my problem. It's built into EasyEDA, but most search results aren't in stock, and most of the rest have high minimum order quantities.

I needed a lot of different resistor, capacitor, etc values so each and every one needed me to go through that search.

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Yes, you need to design for what jlc stocks as basic parts to retain your sanity. Dont just slap down a 1206 resistor and call it good, jlc prob has no stock in that size in that value, but they probably have it in 0603. Once you get a handle for whats basic or very common extended parts, that sort of thing gets a lot easier. You kind of have to work backwards, ie if i need a diode i see what jlc has in basic and make my part choice accordingly.
I wasn't trying to choose a footprint/etc ahead of time. I would need, say, a 3.3KΩ resistor, and I would not filter for anything else other than the resistance yet, then I would choose a listing that I could use and that had a reasonable footprint and etc.