Is it worth buying analogs of arduino?

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buryakov_dima2015-06-20 11:38:55

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buryakov_dima, 2015-06-20 11:38:55

Good day friends, I decided to try Arduino products in practice, but after looking at the prices, to put it mildly, I was not happy. Then on aliexpress and ebay, I found kits - inexpensive, but as I understood there, they are not a real arduino board, but analogues (copies). So now the question is whether it is worth taking these cheap analogues? Or is it better to take the original board.
I am new to this business, and what worries me most is that if I take a free analogue, will it work with the same software as Arduino, by software I mean the Development Environment ( arduino.ru/Arduino_environment ).
Here are links to those analogues that I looked after myself:
ru.aliexpress.com/item/FREE-shiping-UNO-KIT-Upgrad...
http://ru.aliexpress.com/item/R3-arduino/177992973...
ru.aliexpress.com/item/Uno-R3-Arduino-RFID/3230101...

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TomasHuk, 2015-06-20
@buryakov_dima

I bought exactly the same set as the first link. Everything is working. Only on the board was CH340. For a long time I could not find a driver for this chip. I rummaged through a bunch of sites until I came across one wch.cn , as I understand it, this is a manufacturer. Downloaded, installed, everything worked.
By the way, arduino is an open platform. Anyone can make their own arduino, which is what the Chinese use. So the problems can only be in the quality of manufacturing.
PS It seems to me that 99% of users use arduino clones. So that you can buy and not be afraid.

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LittleFatNinja, 2015-06-20
@LittleFatNinja

yes, they are cheaper, but there is no difference,
I personally use them

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Nahlebnik1983, 2015-07-01
@Nahlebnik1983

Arduino has an open platform. You can buy the original from the blasphemous ChipDeeps (damned hucksters).
You can roam on ebay or aliexpress, you can pile yourself from what you can find at home (if there is one).
All three options will work (well, if the Chinese do not send a brick). Everything is compatible. For home-made options on a bare atmega, you will need a programmer or a friend with a working arduino.