Arduino manufacturing problems
After reading a post on hackaday Next generation Arduino manufacturing problems it has prompted me to photograph my new Arduino mega 2560 which frankly looks a bit sloppy.
The first thing that struck me was the burnt flux on the main chip:
Then I noticed staining on around the caps too, nothing that affects the functionality of the unit but it left me feeling disappointed. This arduino cost me £57 + shipping + a new ethernet shield to use with it (which is incidentally, absolutely perfectly manufactured and really shows up the mega). My board also had sharp bits on but I filed them off. I paid a premium price to get what I thought was a premium quality product, clearly I was wrong and will think twice before buying any official arduino hardware again.
And don’t even get me started on releasing the boards before there was linux support. At first I thought I had faulty hardware after seeing it and then it not working.
Tags: arduino, bad quality, Electronics, soldering
This is absolutely disgusting. We wait for ages for this new wonderful product, find it is a minor change to existing products only and they are made cheaper and nastier than before.
I think i’m moving over to mBed.
I don’t think it’s that bad, disappointing yes, and it has encouraged me to look at other options, but for now the arduino is still most suited to my requirements.
mBed is a non starter for me as I don’t want to have an online compiler
The Teensy may be a good alternative.
This really makes me worry about how little care that Arduino are taking over their boards, especially when problems like this are being documented in such a careful and meticulous way…
Oh, wait: You’ve spelt Arduino wrong; I presume you meant to write “affect” rather than “effect” and your “linux support” link is formatted badly. Looks like your own quality control is not too hot either – Well done, you!
What’s that they say about people in glass houses?
Did you pay a hefty fee to read my post?..I think not