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Leftover Passive Components Jar

category: Bench stock
qty: 1 jar, mixed contents (not individually inventoried)
status: owned / mixed condition
maker: N/A — mixed leftovers from prior projects, no single source

Overview

A catch-all container of passive components and small hardware left over from earlier projects — potentiometers, capacitors, resistors, connector headers, and at least one small hand tool (a flathead-style driver visible in the supplied photo). Per Alex’s instruction, this is intentionally logged as a single miscellaneous entry rather than itemizing every individual part, since the contents are an accumulated grab-bag rather than a deliberate kit purchase.

Key specs

Visually identifiable in the supplied photo (not an exhaustive or verified list):

At least one large disc-style capacitor or potentiometer (gold/brass-colored, marked partially legible as 1A3)
Assorted through-hole resistors and small capacitors
White comb-like connector headers or small heatsinks
Loose wire offcuts
A small hand tool (flathead screwdriver or similar pick/awl)

Pinout

N/A — mixed grab-bag, not a single component.

Wiring / typical usage

Treat as a parts-bin resource: when a project needs “a resistor” or “a small cap” and exact specs don’t matter much (e.g. a pull-up resistor, a decoupling cap), check this jar before ordering something new. Anything pulled from the jar for an actual build should be identified and verified on its own at that point (read its markings, measure with a multimeter) rather than trusted sight-unseen from this catch-all entry.

Code / libraries

N/A.

Source material

Contents identified visually from the supplied photo per Alex’s description (“potentiometers, capacitors, resistance and other smaller components leftover from other projects”).
Product photo: /inventory/leftover-parts-jar/product-photo.jpg — the actual jar and its visible contents.

Verification

Contents are a mixed, unsorted leftover collection per Alex — not individually identified or verified. This entry exists to record that the jar exists and roughly what's in it, not to catalog each part.

Notes / gotchas

Don’t treat anything pulled from this jar as verified until checked individually — component values/ratings aren’t tracked at the jar level.
If a specific part from this jar becomes load-bearing in a real build (e.g. a potentiometer used for a project’s UI), consider promoting it to its own documented component entry at that point.