00:00If you've ever tried to build your first amplifier circuit and ended up with a breadboard full of nothing but
00:04frustration, this one's for you.
00:07I went digging through the deals to find the 5 best op-amp ICs for beginners, the chips that actually
00:12show up in tutorials, datasheets, and half the projects on the internet.
00:16And honestly?
00:18The prices on some of these are almost silly.
00:21Let's get into it.
00:23Starting things off, we've got this 10-piece mixed pack LM324, LM339, LM358, LM386, and LM393, all in DIP-8
00:33and DIP-14 packages.
00:35And that's the real selling point here, variety.
00:39You get a quad-op amp, a comparator, an audio amp, and a general-purpose dual, all in one little
00:44bag.
00:45For $3.06, you're basically buying a starter kit for analog electronics.
00:51Over 4,600 sold with a perfect 5-star rating, and for beginners, those through-hole legs mean you can
00:57just push them straight into a breadboard.
01:00No soldering, no stress.
01:03Now if you want to go all in, this 150-piece assorted IC kit is the one I'd point you
01:08toward.
01:09It's not just op-amps, you've got the PC-817 optocouplers, any 555 timers, LM358S, LM324S, transistor arrays, and here's
01:18the part one really like, it comes with dip sockets.
01:22That means if you ever fry a chip, and trust me, you will, you just pop it out and drop
01:26a new one in.
01:272,159 feels like a lot until you realize buying these separately would cost you double.
01:334,500 sold, 5 stars.
01:36This is the stop-ordering parts-every-week purchase.
01:40Third up, the Surface Mount LM358 in SOP8.
01:44Now I know, SMD scares a lot of beginners off, but hear me out.
01:49If you're moving from breadboards to actual custom PCBs, this is the exact chip you'll be reaching for.
01:56Brand new, original stock, and you can order anywhere from 1 to 10 pieces, so you're not stuck committing to
02:01a big batch just to try SMD soldering.
02:05$3.19, 4.9 stars, nearly 4,500 sold.
02:10Grab a few, practice your soldering, and level up.
02:14Fourth, and this is the workhorse, 20 pieces of the LM358P in classic DIP-8.
02:2020.
02:22That is a genuinely absurd amount of op-amps for $4.17, which works out to about $0.20 a
02:28chip.
02:29And the LM358 is the beginner op-amp, single supply operation, so you don't need a split power rail, it's
02:35forgiving, it's in every textbook.
02:38Buy this pack and you can experiment recklessly, blow a couple up, and not care even slightly.
02:44That's how you actually learn.
02:46And rounding out the list, the LM358DR in SOIC 8, and this one's for the folks who care about the
02:52specs.
02:530.3 volts per microsecond slew rate, 700 kilohertz bandwidth, 20 nanoamp input bias current.
03:00It's a proper, genuine, original part rather than a mystery chip, which matters a lot when your circuit isn't behaving
03:06and you're trying to figure out if it's you or the component.
03:10$2 flat.
03:12Cheapest thing on this whole list, nearly 4,000 sold.
03:16Hard to argue with that.
03:18All the links are down in the description if you want to check current pricing, they move around a lot.
03:23If this helped you out, do me a favor and hit that like button, and subscribe if you want more
03:28electronics deals like this.
03:30Thanks for watching, and I'll catch you in the next one.
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