Production-Grade AliExpress Swap List (PDF)


Get the trusted source or better swap for the nine AliExpress components that fail in your customer's hands, not on your bench.

  • The nine AliExpress parts that cause trouble in production
  • The trusted source or better swap to use for each one
  • The ten second red flags and five minute tests that catch fakes before you build

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John Teel

I’m John Teel, a former microchip design engineer for Texas Instruments who developed and launched my own product into hundreds of retail stores. I put this list together so you can avoid the counterfeit parts that don’t fail until your product is in a customer’s hands.