Review on 📡 MakerFocus 3pcs NRF24L01+PA+LNA Wireless Transceiver Module with Antenna - 2.4G 1100m Range for Arduino, including 3pcs NRF24L01+ Breakout Adapters with 3.3V Regulator by Justin Peck

I've been using these boards for a while now for a MySensors network that requires a bit more range than the board trace antennas can provide and they seem to work the Work. The range has improved at least as much as I could ever need and everything seems to be as stable as any other NRF24 module I've used. He passed quality control with the wrong silkscreen, showing circuit boards from their new batch that appeared to be correctly labeled. They also offered to send me a new board to catch up. Since it took them time to track down the issue and document that it was fixed, I've updated the review to reflect that. However, if you recently bought it or are planning to buy it at the time of publishing this review, check the following issues. My only remaining issues with these are the price and finish of the board, but both seem to match what other vendors are offering for the same product. The build quality on them is terrible. The edges of the board weren't even lightly sanded so you could cut yourself on these boards if you fiddle with them for too long, but the worst thing is that the silkscreen on the bottom of the board is upside down! The silkscreen on the top (chip side) has the correct ground pin, but on the bottom the pinout text is vertically reversed so the pin connected to ground is labeled MISO. I was worried it was just a different pinout to all the other NRF24 modules and power regulator breakout boards, but I tinted it and on my board at least the physical pinout is standard despite the wrong pinout on the back of the board. .If you received them and are not sure how they are connected, check the NRF24 chip on the board (it's the biggest chip closest to the pin headers) and look for a dot on the edge of the corner . The dot marks the top left corner of the chip. With this orientation, the top pin on the left side of the chip is CE and the leftmost pin on the top of the chip is ground. You can put them on pins on the board to check if the shield is reversed. If you have a controller board you can connect the NRF24 module and set the above pins on the IC to the CE and GND pins on the controller board.