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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Easy to assemble. Just make sure to put the bottom screws, bottom plate and standoffs on first, not in the order listed in the instructions. The only negative is that it is not one part, but 20 separate parts (including screws and standoff) that you h...  Read More

The case is very snug to the 2560 and it took me about 20 minutes to adjust the connectors so that they fit through the cutouts. Also, i needed to really shove and adjust some of the pin headers on my board.

The only real issue i have is the 5v regulator onboard blew a hole out it side. No issues with compatibility at all. That little guy gets up to 190 deg f when i feed this 12 volts.



Cons

As another reviewer has mentioned, the wrong voltage regulator is installed on this board. It didn't work and ran into the dreaded timeout communicating with programmer error.

The sunfounder shield has 2 small plastic tabs that interfere with the break out pins on the arduino. You have to remove films from the pieces making the case not returnable. The footprint of the board fits perfectly, but the top shield does not fit a...  Read More

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Highlights

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Quality


Quality is good but not as good as the arduino brand which i always recommend you buy an arduino brand of each new type you want to try


Update a friend suggested i should down rate one star because it should have come with rubber feet otherwise im still happy wit...  Read More


It wasnt the easiest to put together especially with needing to peel the backing off every piece of acrylic but it was a bit of...  Read More

Shipping


I only give it four stars because the packing is not sturdy enough was crushed during shipping

Packaging/appearance


Upon arrival i opened the uno and found that the 328p chip was completely dislodged and loose in the package


Was a little hard to remove the paper stuck to it but patience

Competitiveness


It is a decent case costs twice what the competition charges


I recent purchased several elegoo mega 2560 boards


Less than half the price of the arduino 2560

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    fit, little, good, great and plastic.
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  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 288.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 1,330 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 13 2023.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If you dont screw up assembly and the extra 5 bucks isnt a problem then buy this one


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I bought the sunfounder arduino bundle which includes an uno r3 and a mega2560


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Upon arrival i opened the uno and found that the 328p chip was completely dislodged and loose in the package


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The arduinos look much like the ones in the pictures including the unevenly soldered pins


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Funny that they advertise it for stem education but the silkscreen on the mega2560 says steam


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    But again no stars off because i knew thats not what i was getting

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