You may have heard about how I got the wrong Arduinos in the mail...
I wanna test one out, but only if they will still take it back... Can they tell of I used it? As in if I upload the blink sketch or something?
You may have heard about how I got the wrong Arduinos in the mail...
I wanna test one out, but only if they will still take it back... Can they tell of I used it? As in if I upload the blink sketch or something?
Pleez answer me.
(BTW not trying to spam, just reallyw anna know!)
honestly does it matter?
rated life of the flash is 10,000 cycles, they have been bit banged for over a mil
I have been abusing my original, first bought 328 for over a year (though I do keep a boot-loaded backup in a special bug box) including hooking it up to reverse voltage for a questionable amount of time
can "they" tell, doubtful, unless they want to burn out the chip by testing it till failure
this reminds me of apple service tech videos where handing off a pcb to a random individual that enters the room, renders a 1000$ logic board instant trash
course on the apple tech videos they fail to mention that it will be enclosed in a abs plasic case with a micron thin film of esd shielding inches away from a flyback transformer ::)
besides they sent you the wrong board in the first place, really? how hard is it to tell a D board in a esd bag at best vs a boxed uno in the first place, your not dealing with brilliant minds
or in another word, relax
But one is broken... And I don't want them to think I did that... It looks like someone friggen dumped it in salt water!
But can't they tell of the morse code "uno" isn't there? Or do you think they'll check?
Probably not, especially if I re-staple the package just like it is now... They won't suspect a thing! Muwahaha! ;D
Just found yet another reason to return them... I tried one, and it won't even install the darn drivers!
YOUR pc needs driver, the arduino doesnt install anything..
If you're returning something, whether they can tell if you have used it not, you shouldn't use it.
And if they read the forum, they can tell if you have used it or not
The driver issue is not the board, merely your computer OS or how you are trying to do it.
The 'salt water' is usually the remnants from cleaning flux. This wont effect the operation. Just calm down, delete the drivers and start again.
Well if it isn't working the only way to determine that is by using it. So wouldn't a vendor expect you to have tried flashing at least one program to verify if the board was working?
Well, I'm saying thaat I got the wrong board. It is in the retail packaging... Completely clear...