These are sites I frequently visit and can recommend. Here they are, in the order I more or less discovered them:
Arduino: The educational / hobbyist / maker movement has benefited greatly from Arduino. There is a lot of good stuff on their site and the internet is full of good (and not so good) support. This is a very good place to start if you are new to microcontrollers (but this is a blog about the TI LaunchPad series so let's move on)
SparkFun: I got started in microcontrollers with a "SparkFun Inventor's Kit" and SparkFun RedBoard (an Arduino Uno compatible). They have a large selection of hobbyist material and documentation for their products.
Adafruit: Great products. Great documentation. Great service. This is a really good place to go for Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and Beaglebone Black. Many of their products can also be used with the Texas Instrument Launchpads.
Texas Instruments: The Texas Instrument LaunchPad lineup offers incredible value and capability. Read more about them here.
Energia: Energia is a fork of Wiring and Arduino for various Texas Instruments LaunchPads - if you have some experience with the Arduino, this site is going to look familiar. And the great thing is that moving to Code Composer Studio, TI's full featured development environment, is available if you need the additional capability.
Mouser: I love these guys. If you need one 10 cent resistor they will ship it to you. And they carry an amazing array of products, all with datasheets - including the TI LaunchPad series.
Pololu: I recently started using Pololu for robot components and have been pleased. They have some interesting products with good range - especially in motors and motor controllers.
Addicore: They don't have as large a selection as the companies above but what they do have is great value (free shipping on orders larger than $25 too!). They are very quick and responsive - the best service I have received. You will also find some of their items on Amazon (at a slightly higher price).
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