My first venture into Arduino was with a Sparkfun Redboard. Decided to buy real Arduinos to support arduino.cc a little more.
They arrived yesterday and to my dismay they were arduino.org ones 
And yes, I did check the images on the website before ordering. OK, next time better. I will inform the supplier.
On a positive note, no connectivity issues using IDE 1.6.6 and Win8.
sterretje:
I will inform the supplier.
To accomplish what? The supplier is very aware from whom they purchased the board.
It might not accomplish anything. Or it might accomplish something like clearer indication on their website.
At least they will know that I'm not the happiest customer at this point.
I will inform the supplier.
And which supplier was that?
I rejoiced when I downloaded 1.6.8 and there was the donation option!
Just wish I had more to give but hey no worry, the right people get the whole amount.
Oh like this ad on amazon, it says:
Authentic Made In Italy Arduino Uno R3 Board (Revision 3) SMD
Additional Features: Not Made In Italy Clone
and you of course receive a clone
Complain at Amazon.
It is not an Authentic Uno R3 if it is SMD.
A R3 has the ATMega in DIL package.
And if it is SMD it also most likely has a CH340 USB/serial converter chip, which is not supported by the Arduino IDE install package.
So you need to install drivers for that before anything else, there's questions coming in here about that every other day.
MAS3:
Complain at Amazon.It is not an Authentic Uno R3 if it is SMD.
A R3 has the ATMega in DIL package.
And if it is SMD it also most likely has a CH340 USB/serial converter chip, which is not supported by the Arduino IDE install package.
So you need to install drivers for that before anything else, there's questions coming in here about that every other day.
Of course, I've noticed right away, but the buyers only after they received it (and not all of them).
I mean really, what's the issue with writing straight away that it is a clone instead of deceiving.
I buy those $3 small nano from ebay with CH340 and mini USB and simply solder them as a block to my PCBs. A barebone DIY -duino made from digikey parts would cost me more than twice.
It is not an Authentic Uno R3 if it is SMD.
There was in fact an "Uno SMD" version, although it seems to have slipped off of the web page hierarchy. Arduino Uno Rev3 SMD — Arduino Official Store
I'm not sure whether there was ever an Uno R3 SMD.
westfw:
There was in fact an "Uno SMD" version, although it seems to have slipped off of the web page hierarchy. Arduino Uno Rev3 SMD — Arduino Official StoreI'm not sure whether there was ever an Uno R3 SMD.
I'm pretty sure it was only an R1.
And I remember it was because of a shortage of the DIP packages. So I guess when they sold out, they disappeared.
Ahh, here we go: Arduino Uno SMD | Arduino Blog
pYro_65:
Ahh, here we go: Arduino Uno SMD | Arduino Blog
Yes. I have one of those. It was my first one, bought by my son as a present.
In the USA I believe the only way to be guaranteed getting an Arduino made for arduino.cc would be order it from arduino.cc or order it from Adafruit. That is because Adafruit makes the Arduino boards for arduino.cc. All other Arduino boards are counterfeit or from arduino.org. Sparkfun, which is a USA based company, sells arduino.org boards. Is there some specific manufacturer in Europe that sells boards that are known for a fact to be arduino.cc boards, in addition to buying from the arduino.cc site? Is it easier to get a Genuino board because nobody is counterfeiting the Genuino brand?
Sparkfun also sells their own clone (the RedBoard). I was told a while ago (here on the forum) that SparkFun does pay loyalties.
Yeah, I'm disappointed.
I like what Arduino.cc has been doing with the SW and IDE, but they have pretty much failed to recover or replaced their manufacturing and distribution capability.
Arduino.org seems to have the manufacturing in hand (largely via the distributors like Digikey, Newark, Mouser), and has "produced" some interesting new hardware, but their software and community efforts are pretty pathetic.
Meanwhile the 'well behaved' OSHW vendors like Adafruit and Sparkfun are selling a combination of .org products, .cc products, and their own versions ("Metro", "feather", "Redboard") that Arduino.cc won't accept royalties for (according to the Sparkfun Redboard product page Q&A.
It's all very sad
So I was REALLY HAPPY when the IDE download page accepts donations that every bit goes to Arduino.cc.
How many Uno boards would I need to buy to get them $25 in royalties?
GoForSmoke:
So I was REALLY HAPPY when the IDE download page accepts donations that every bit goes to Arduino.cc.How many Uno boards would I need to buy to get them $25 in royalties?
If they need a little extra cash (or a lot), a single ad at the bottom of each forum page would do wonders. Its not cluttering up the page and could generate a lot of income on this quite busy site. Ads on sites that give me some value do not bother me, take the StackExchange sites for instance.
Just the impressions (CPM) would bring in something.
wow why do ppl get worked up over clones? Arduino is open-source, of course there will be clones.
Is your PC an IBM, if not it is a clone. Why complain about clone Arduino's while you use a DEll, HP, or other clone PC?
@Brosco
Maybe because the makers of clones contribute nothing to this site or to the development of the platform.
Some openly counterfeit the products saying their offerings are made by the original developers.
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