This Arduino is Original? Italian?
881863
Original is Italian, but as for most arduinos there are cheap Chinese knock offs.
881864
If you are buying from us Mp3Car store - all of our products are original straight from Italy. We are on their authorized distributor list for the US.
881865
mine was not. the one I received was made in Taiwan with something called Linino by dog hunter installed. Returned....
1888802
Trying to find spare parts. I found this website, but most of it is in Italian. Sent them an email, but we'll see if they respond:http://www.ariete.net/
329699
It's an Arduino Nano clone (http://arduino.cc/en/Main/arduinoBoardNano) built to the v3.0 spec. Since Arduino is open source hardware and SainSmart doesn't use the Arduino logo or claim to be "Arduino", then it's a clone and not counterfeit. See the Arduino difference here (http://arduino.cc/en/Products/Counterfeit). Note that purchasing an official Arduino board guarantees that royalties are being returned to Arduino to better the system and software. I've been using several of these SainSmart Nano parts for about a year with no problems.
3264
The Arduino MEGA 2560 R3 that I received from MP3Car was a genuine board made by Arduino in Italy.
2276633
This is just the basic board, no power or usb cable. The one i got was real made in italy. It was delivered just as pictured. Notice the www.arduino.cc Made in Italy just above the CPU. BTW also got a made in china one and have had good luck with that using the Arduino IDE.
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CanaKit was great, but Vilros was better and is no longer available. Radio Shack is going out of the market and sale-ing its arduinos great! While available... When you say the board was fake, does it mean it did not function? At all, partially, sporadically, unrealiable, broke down, went burnt, burned the chip only...? Or you did not know the math to make sensors like photoresistors work adequately? I do not think it is completely against the interest of the royalty owners to have alternate sellers discouraged, unless they sell complete crap.
539581
I assume you are referring to FTDI's USB-UART board, in which case the answer is yes. This device is a USB-UART as well and can be used for the same purposes (including programming Arduinos w/o USB)
771745
Hi, I'm sorry I live in Italy and I bought it to give a present to my friend, so I never seen the item, anyway it should be the old version without the replacable wire cutter edge.I hope this answer will be useful to you.Regards
2123232
Some say it is original, some say it is not. It really depends on which supplier you choose. Click on "15 New" under the "See new product details" link to select the supplier. Suppliers that advertise to be "Authorized Arduino" distributors should be authentic.
1211508
Yes it is. I have 2 that look the same (one bought in in Europe) and both are working very well.
1218038
I think its original (because of the logo) but its a used part. Works like charm!
1303182
It is not manufactured by Arduino, it performs and does exactly what an official product would, but it doesn't comes with the original Arduino packing. This item is a clone version that is cheaper, and as far as I have used it, it works as it shoulds.
911890
I am not sure but there are all kinds of wiring diagrams and tutorials. I am using 2 currently with arduino uno home automation projects and they work great and good range too.
1264460
Hi, what I Bought its ok. It's not a clone. However, keep in mind, an original product is about 300 $
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l'apparecchiatura in mio possesso ha due uscite USB cosi ripartite:a sx del led 2,1A, a dx del led 1,0A
1632481
Yes it is the same board. Spinella name is burnt in as the maker. Same code as well
2242058
This is not the Digitiser, its only the screen. however as to originality The original is manufactured by a factory in China so as this. I've installed mine a year ago and it is still working perfectly today. as to whether there is anything in writing on either one ? No. they are both identical in every word written on them, so you can assume it is the original