Problem identifying Arduino MEGA2560 Revision (R3)

I have a vendor claiming that the Arduino Mega 2560 he shipped to us is a Rev3 although it is not indicated on the silkcreen. Simple question, are all R3’s marked as R3 or not necessarily? Visually the R3 changes are identical on this new board, as per arduino.org, with the exception of any markings that it is an R3. Believe it or not, this “minor” detail is holding up production.Thanks.

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vsluiter over 12 years ago +1

Ask your local Atmel distributor, but we've had some issues with Atmel chip revisions in the past, and the code was, in this case, at the BACK side of the package. That was a TQFP, I guess you should be…
e14 Contributor over 12 years ago in reply to vsluiter +1

Thanks Victor...To clarify, are you saying that there are different ATmega16Us that is distinct with the Rev3?
vsluiter over 12 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor +1

Ow, sorry Jeff, I think I misunderstood. I thought you were talking about chip (silicon) revisions, bu I think you mean board revisions. Maybe you could be a bit clearer about the revisions you mean so…

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0 vsluiter over 12 years ago

Ask your local Atmel distributor, but we've had some issues with Atmel chip revisions in the past, and the code was, in this case, at the BACK side of the package. That was a TQFP, I guess you should be able to discern on the front side with a QFN....
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0 vsluiter over 12 years ago

Ask your local Atmel distributor, but we've had some issues with Atmel chip revisions in the past, and the code was, in this case, at the BACK side of the package. That was a TQFP, I guess you should be able to discern on the front side with a QFN....
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0 e14 Contributor over 12 years ago in reply to vsluiter

Thanks Victor...To clarify, are you saying that there are different ATmega16Us that is distinct with the Rev3?
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0 vsluiter over 12 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

Ow, sorry Jeff, I think I misunderstood. I thought you were talking about chip (silicon) revisions, bu I think you mean board revisions. Maybe you could be a bit clearer about the revisions you mean so others can help you better.
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0 e14 Contributor over 12 years ago in reply to vsluiter

Sure. I assumed that it was understood since it fell under the Arduino heading. I will rephrase my original question. Thanks for the tip.
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