ArduinoUno REV3 [A000066] – ATmega328P Microcontroller, 16MHz, 14 Digital I/O Pins, 6 Analog Inputs, 32KB Flash, USB Connectivity, Compatible with Arduino IDE for DIY Projects and Prototyping

This worked out well

Like everything with the Arduino name its nothing but high quality. Don't buy clones use the real stuff and support the people behind this amazing device with no problems usind IDE software

Muy bueno

high quality everything on it is perfect

Board works great! The R4 WiFi does not work with Windows so we were happy to see this model be recognized. The board was sent in a bubble mailer and had damage to the box but the board itself seems to be fine. A small box instead of a bubble mailer would be great. The board is really fun and we already built a range finder!

As far as the Arduino platform is concerned, it's great. Great idea, great design, generally quality stuff. If it helps you, the Amazon shopper looking for a genuine UNO, I ordered mine from CanaKit and it is the genuine artifact, not a clone (fast shipping too!). There is one problem though and that is that these little boards (clone or original) are fairly easy to destroy (i.e. short circuit). I don't understand (well, I gue$$ I do) why someone who is making a product supposedly intended for students, artists and creative types doesn't put more protection on these things. After I fried my second UNO for a reason that was not clear to me at the time, I searched and found the Ruggeduino. Same stuff and though it's not "genuine" and costs a little less than twice as much, it has resettable fuses on every I/O port and then some, and it's made in the US! No, you're not exactly funding the Arduino project, but if that really appeals to you, I'm sure you can just donate money to them. Look it up if you are interested in Arduino, but have fat fingers or are sometimes clumsy with your circuits or just want to have the ability to make a mistake and not be fined for it. To me, Ruggeduino is what Arduino should have been from the beginning. Something that prevents you from making $20 mistakes because your lazy, ignorant, impatient or just plain stupid.

I'm a senior nearly 70 and never touched any Arduino or anything similar. I wanted the device to reset a color printer item with an already written program. I have never written any code and boy am I learning. One simple character mistake and running the compile program will surely tell you. I am using the Arduino IDE 2.1.0 program with this Uno Rev 3. Nevertheless I am happy with this little thing and there are so many projects out there in the community, this will surely keep my mind going and my interest.Setting up was easy. I first got the Arduino IDE program (free on the net) and installed... went fine on my Windows 10 computer with no problems. Once installed, I connected the Uno Rev 3 to my computer via the USB port only (no ext power supply used). Plugged into the USB port, about 3 seconds (literally) later it already installed drivers and the thing was running. It selected Com Port 6 on my Win 10 system. On the Arduino IDE program you just have to make sure you select the Arduino Uno Rev 3 from the list... that is it, and your up and going. From beginning to end I probably spent 5 to 10 minutes doing everything to make it run.On Ease to use and Easy to learn, I gave a 4 star only because I have never done anything like this. If you are a pro or some kind of advanced user, or if I was, I would give a 5 star across the board. This is only my first day trying it, so I will update later on.I checked out Youtube video's and tried writing / typing 3 different programs on the Arduino IDE screen. I ran the compiler program on the IDE... said it was good, tested it in the simple serial monitor (included in the Arduino IDE) and was interesting to watch the board respond. I then saved my program for later.

I ordered a second Arduino from Amazon in mid-December to supplement the first one I'd bought from them a few weeks earlier, and I got quite a shock when it arrived. The new Arduino was a fake!This fake Arduino arrived in an antistatic-bag with a 2ft USB cable instead of the usual Arduino printed box with documentation. The screen printing on the front was OK, but the printing on the back was smudgy and blurry, and the soldering job was poor, obviously done by hand. Additionally, some of the components differed from those on the genuine Arduino.I noticed several signs of inauthenticity, but three of the most telling were the following:1) The L and ON LEDs on the fake Arduino were both red, instead of orange and green respectively on the genuine Arduino.2) The reset button on the fake Arduino was chocolate brown, instead of red on the genuine Arduino.3) The black-and-gold PTC resettable fuse from Bourns (501K) on the genuine Arduino (between the power jack and the USB jack) was replaced by a green PTC fuse from Raychem (5X5).Since I had just purchased a genuine Arduino from NKC Electronics (fulfilled by Amazon), I knew exactly what to look for. However, this second Arduino was purchased from Mp3Car Store (fulfilled by Amazon), so I complained to Mp3Car.Mp3Car explained that although they only ship genuine Italian-made Arduini to Amazon, Amazon does so-called “commingling” of inventory. So Amazon will take a random Arduino from their inventory and ship it to a customer instead of searching for one of the units send to them by the particular vendor (Mp3Car in this case). Since Amazon still had many fake Arduini in their inventory, I unfortunately received one of them.Fortunately, Mp3Car Store stood fully behind their customer (me). When Amazon didn’t agree to ship me a genuine replacement right away, Stephen (Mp3Car store manager), and Rob (Mp3Car owner), immediately arranged to send me a genuine Arduino directly from their own stock, and it arrived the next day by UPS.I now have another genuine Arduino Uno, and I’m eternally grateful to Mp3Car for facilitating it. I recommend the Arduino as an affordable platform for physical computing, and I highly recommend Mp3Car Store as a trustworthy vendor to purchase it from.