Review on 🌐 SunFounder Ethernet Shield W5100: The Perfect Connectivity Solution for Arduino R3 Mega 2560 1280 A057 by James Pope

When I bought this device I needed an Atmega microprocessor for a cool project. I looked at real Arduinos and half the posts complained about "fake", "cloned", or "Chinese" fake Arduinos. While I have no problem supporting an open source program by buying the original at a higher price, I have a serious problem paying that price for a product not made by them. I would rather buy a copy from a reputable company who will sell it as a copy at the price of the copy and then donate the difference to Arduino than buy a copy at the original price and none of this will do anything to improve the Arduino project. However, when I saw that Sunfounder had a Mega 2560 version, I decided to buy it rather than risk the 'original'. I have bought from Sunfounder in the past and their products have always been top notch. This card continued that model. All solder joints are clean and professional. The board is easy to read and most importantly it works like the original. Additionally, it comes with an Ethernet shield, a nice little bonus. I had no problems with the board and actually ran a few programs off the board with no problems (we use Atmel Studio 7.0 to program it instead of the Arduino IDE).