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Hi,
I have been using wrovers from a reputable distributor. Yesterday I received some new wrover E from a "not so well known" source. The front is very similar, just the size of the letters is a bit different, but was called strongly my attention is the back. The "reputable" seller boards (picture, left) have a lot of visible vías, while the new boards have much less (picture right). My question is, fake or legit?
Thanks for your comments.

It should be due to different thickness of silkscreen layer.

ESP_LJH wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 07, 2023 11:53 am

It should be due to different thickness of silkscreen layer.

So i understand that it might be legit then?

Looks like a different PCB manuf but the same module. One uses 'open' vias, the other uses plated-over vias. (You can still see where the vias are because they leave slight 'bumps' in the copper.)

Yes, it should be legit, and they should be manufactured by different factory.

Thank you all, much appreciated.