One bad Arduino doesn\u2019t spoil the barrel<\/a>“. I have already contacted my reseller and will do everything possible to help Arduino improve their manufacturing process and quality control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"That’s a closeup of resistor R1 on my new Arduino Uno board. \u00a0See how the left terminal isn’t touching the solder bump on the land pad? \u00a0That’s not good. 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