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- May 26, 2016Top favorable review
Works fine. Iffy build quality
This unit works fine with the Arduino IDE. The build quality is a little iffy (multiple headers soldered in a little crooked), Of course you don't buy these to look at. This would be great for development use. Not sure I would put it in a finished project, expecting long term use. But for designing and building circuits this is great because the price is right, and when you burn it up (which you inevitably will burn one up some time) you only lost a few bucks.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Sep 23, 2016Top critical review
USB & PS connectors in wrong location!
The units will not fit the plastic acrylic cases I bought which expect the connectors to be in the same location as "Made in Italy" boards. It's only a 2 mm error, but a huge nuisance. The problem seems to have been sloppy positioning when the connectors were installed in the holes and soldered. I bought 4 of these boards from two different vendors. One on Amazon and one on eBay. All the boards appear to have been made by the same company. All have exactly the same problem. If you don't plan to use a premade case they are fine, but a huge headache if you do. You can modify the cases so they will fit, but it's a pain trying to cut 2 mm of plastic off. So now I'm stuck trying to return 3 cases that won't fit through no fault of the case seller.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Dec 03, 2015
Sub-par quality, but amazing price.
First of all, I want to say that it works, and the price is unbeatable. However, the item I received was assembled poorly. The soldering looks like it was done by a 10-year-old (too much solder, leftover flux, and cold joints), and the I/O pins are substantially misaligned. I do not expect to be using shields, so this is not a problem for me. If you know how to solder, though, this can be fixed easily. I am using Windows 7, and the drivers automatically installed for the CH340G worked fine. One problem is that I have to hold the reset button until just after my computer starts trying to upload a new sketch. Otherwise, the sketch will not upload. For the price, all of this is perfectly acceptable. In fact, I will probably buy more of these in the future. I do recommend that others buy this because it's a functional $8 Arduino Mega. Considering past reviews, it's very possible that I got the short end of the stick. If the worst possible case means resoldering pins and holding the reset button, I'd much rather buy 5 of these and still end up paying less than a single official Arduino Mega.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Jan 27, 2016
Works. Looks like a high quality board.
This MEGA 2560 R3 compatible board has very clear labeling. R3 versions however have some new pins that are not identified by silk screening, including SDA and SCL next to the AREF in the row of female headers. I quickly found a pinout diagram online that described the unidentified pins. This board appears to be very high quality. I ran a few sample programs on it without a problem.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- May 31, 2017
It worked only for a short time :-(
I was very pleased when it arrived. I was writing a short programs and it worked correctly. After 5 or 6 downloads it stopped to communitate. It was not possible to download program. Because I needed for a friend urgently a went to shop to buy product made in Italy and it is working. I cannot recoment this product,Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Apr 26, 2016
It has several compatibility issues.
It has several compatibility issues. ch340g is ok. You can write your program. But serial comunication has problems. tx1 & rx1 are swapped. txd & rxd have interferance with usb side.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Jun 29, 2016
Board you must have
This is an excellent board, more capabilities than Arduino UNO, great for all kind of experiments, if you bought the Arduino kit this will help you get better results on projects that need more ports and music.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Sep 14, 2016
Good board quality but construction a bit iffy.
Still great value and I recommend itVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Mar 11, 2016
Problems
The biggest problem that I have noticed with people not getting there Microcontrollers to work is the com ports. Don't forget to try selecting the other port in tools via the ide. If not uninstall/reinstall the driver.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Mar 24, 2016
bad
it is not standart R3 board, not compatible for Arduino Mega2560 R3 case product pictures and product is not sameVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
