WOW! You're gonna love this UNO !!!....or not.

Learning:
Well, excuse me for posting.

No one was criticizing you. You just started a posting saying you bought a 'real' Uno and we were just trying to show/educate you on the issue of 'cloning' in the arduino world. The arduino boards are open sourced so they make all their design documents available to anyone and they are free to make their own version and to even sell them. What the Arduino people ask of the cloners is that they don't use their name Arduino and other trademarks on their boards, and some cloners respect that, but it seems most don't.

The decision of buying a 'real' arduino vs the cheaper clones is a personal one that many people have strong feelings about. Personally I own both real arduinos and a few clones, so I have no big dog in that fight. :wink:

Lefty