Yep,

learned it the hard way: genuine Arduino Pro Mini boards and Chinese rip off don't have the same pin order on the ftdi header... That kind of sucks given the fact I already got my shield made with the inverted pin order... Another proof that I'm dislexyc

Thought I would post for posterity...

 

Yep,

learned it the hard way: genuine Arduino Pro Mini boards and Chinese rip off don't have the same pin order on the ftdi header... That kind of sucks given the fact I already got my shield made with the inverted pin order... Another proof that I'm dislexyc

Thought I would post for posterity...

More reason people should stop buying that crap...

 

That kind of sucks

high cost of low prices.

 

That's why you should double check everything.

 

That's why you should double check everything.

time constraints don't always match well with doubling infinity

I just hope this can help someone at some point

 

A friend gave me a similar arduino pro mini and labeled sparkfun, but the pinout is different.

 

FYI these buttons made in CN

 

pin order is the same if you flip it.

How do you know the Sparkfun ones aren't made in China?

 

pin order is the same if you flip it

Nope, these are not C2 symmetrical, you cannot flip them. One side is raw the other is TX.

I'm pretty sure they're all made in China... But Sparkfun is not in China.