Arduino Nano Clones Are They Worth it? YES

Checking out these REXQualis made Arduino Nano Clones that are SUPER cheap at about $14 for 3 boards WITH USB cables and fully assembled and well packed compared to the usual stuff you get in a zip lock bag. NOT SPONSERED BY THEM, found it on Amazon and purchased myself. So are these worth it? Do they work as expected? Let's find out!

[____________________________.x]

You appear to be the only person on the internet pointing out that for clones the old bootloader must be used, was surprised that this was so hard to get working, thanks

[Jey]

I liked just for the answer in the title. You can't get clearer than that😂

[tomhoekstra]

did exactly what you advised -result:
Using Port : COM3
Using Programmer : arduino
Overriding Baud Rate : 57600
avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x96 etc etc
Have tried now 5 different tutorials all fail with all 3 clones.
time to dump them.

[AlanMedina]

You can get these for $3 a piece on ebay bought one 2 years ago and it still work well.

[vio]

Thanks for nice title, not click bait, already answered. Subscribed.

[rxtx]

I'm trying to use such a new nano clone. Blink works perfectly, but if I try a more complicated sketch (eg OV7070 camera), it works after uploading the sketch, but if I unplug and replug the USB, on the output it sends garbage. If I reupload the skech, it works again, but if i unplug the usb and plug it back, its sends again garbage to the serial port. With an old nano board (which can programmed only with the "old bootloader" works perfectly. I bought 10 such new boards, , all ause this problem. Have anyone this kind of issue?

[amansaxena]

Isn't this way too well packed for a clone 😅

The ones I get comes in anti static bags

[ryanswob]

You got me worried now, how do we check them for viruses?

[jamesbrown]

I bought a bunch of clones, and they all seem to use non-genuine ATMEL parts, which have a sleep current of 150-200uA, instead of <1uA.

[sciacabale]

Buyer beware: Most of these clones have a MINI USB female connector and NOT the more common USB micro connector, now almost universally used together with the better USB C connector. The included blue USB cable is too short for normal connection to your PC and so you need an extra cable with an obsolete USB connector.

[KarldorisLambley]

all Arduino-compatible boards contribute to the growth and accessibility of the Arduino platform, and the term "clone" may not accurately reflect the collaborative and inclusive nature of the Arduino community. Instead, it might be more appropriate to refer to these boards simply as Arduino-compatible or Arduino-derived boards.

[guidancebeats]

Do you know if this information works with the elegoo nano ?

[bullygram]

I bought 3 unsoldered board for $7 from bangood.