I have found that most clones will do what you expect them to do, but as x4mer x4mer states in his answer answer, be prepared.
The most annoying issue, and even then it is quite minor, is that a lot of Chinese clones do not use an ATMega for the USB and instead use a CH340G. These chips, while fine when connecting to a PC running Windows 7, have great difficulties with the drivers on OS X, and end up just not being recognised. It is possible to find a driver for the CH340G, but when I installed it, it immediately crashed the MacBook, upon plugging in the cloned UNO..!
I had to buy three or four clones on eBay until I got an Uno with an actual 16u2 implementing the USB interface, which would actually be recognised by the MacBook Pro, and would allow me to code using the Arduino IDE running on OS X.
Before that, I had to use a Wintel laptop.
I have found that most clones will do what you expect them to do, but as x4mer states in his answer, be prepared.
The most annoying issue, and even then it is quite minor, is that a lot of Chinese clones do not use an ATMega for the USB and instead use a CH340G. These chips, while fine when connecting to a PC running Windows 7, have great difficulties with the drivers on OS X, and end up just not being recognised. It is possible to find a driver for the CH340G, but when I installed it, it immediately crashed the MacBook, upon plugging in the cloned UNO..!
I had to buy three or four clones on eBay until I got an Uno with an actual 16u2 implementing the USB interface, which would actually be recognised by the MacBook Pro, and would allow me to code using the Arduino IDE running on OS X.
Before that, I had to use a Wintel laptop.
I have found that most clones will do what you expect them to do, but as x4mer states in his answer, be prepared.
The most annoying issue, and even then it is quite minor, is that a lot of Chinese clones do not use an ATMega for the USB and instead use a CH340G. These chips, while fine when connecting to a PC running Windows 7, have great difficulties with the drivers on OS X, and end up just not being recognised. It is possible to find a driver for the CH340G, but when I installed it, it immediately crashed the MacBook, upon plugging in the cloned UNO..!
I had to buy three or four clones on eBay until I got an Uno with an actual 16u2 implementing the USB interface, which would actually be recognised by the MacBook Pro, and would allow me to code using the Arduino IDE running on OS X.
Before that, I had to use a Wintel laptop.
I have found that most clones will do what you expect them to do, but as x4mer states in his answer, be prepared.
The most annoying issue, and even then it is quite minor, is that a lot fof Chinese clones do not use aan ATMega for the USB and instead use a CH340G. These chips, while fine when connecting to a PC running Windows 7, have great difficulties with the drivers on OS X, and end up just not being recognised. It is possible to find a driver for the CH340G, but when I installed it, it immediately crashed the MacBook, upon plugging in the cloned UNO..!
I had to buy three or four clones on eBay until I got an Uno with an actual 16u2 implementing the USB interface, which would actually be recognised by the MacBook Pro, and would allow me to code using the Arduino IDE running on OS X.
Before that, I had to use a Wintel laptop.
I have found that most clones will do what you expect them to do, but as x4mer states in his answer, be prepared.
The most annoying issue, and even then it is quite minor, is that a lot f Chinese clones do not use a ATMega for the USB and instead use a CH340G. These chips, while fine when connecting to a PC running Windows 7, have great difficulties with the drivers on OS X, and end up just not being recognised. It is possible to find a driver for the CH340G, but when I installed it, it immediately crashed the MacBook, upon plugging in the cloned UNO..!
I had to buy three or four clones on eBay until I got an Uno with an actual 16u2 implementing the USB interface, which would actually be recognised by the MacBook Pro, and would allow me to code using the Arduino IDE running on OS X.
Before that, I had to use a Wintel laptop.
I have found that most clones will do what you expect them to do, but as x4mer states in his answer, be prepared.
The most annoying issue, and even then it is quite minor, is that a lot of Chinese clones do not use an ATMega for the USB and instead use a CH340G. These chips, while fine when connecting to a PC running Windows 7, have great difficulties with the drivers on OS X, and end up just not being recognised. It is possible to find a driver for the CH340G, but when I installed it, it immediately crashed the MacBook, upon plugging in the cloned UNO..!
I had to buy three or four clones on eBay until I got an Uno with an actual 16u2 implementing the USB interface, which would actually be recognised by the MacBook Pro, and would allow me to code using the Arduino IDE running on OS X.
Before that, I had to use a Wintel laptop.
I have found that most clones will do what you expect them to do, but as x4mer states in his answer, be prepared.
The most annoying issue, and even then it is quite minor, is that a lot f Chinese clones do not use a ATMega for the USB and instead use a CH340G. These chips, while fine when connecting to a PC running Windows 7, have great difficulties with the drivers on OS X, and end up just not being recognised. It is possible to find a driver for the CH340G, but when I installed it, it immediately crashed the MacBook, upon plugging in the cloned UNO..!
I had to buy three or four clones on eBay until I got an Uno with an actual 16u2 implementing the USB interface, which would actually be recognised by the MacBook Pro, and would allow me to code using the Arduino IDE running on OS X.
Before that, I had to use a Wintel laptop.