Soldering Wires – Here's a different way

Re:Soldering Wires – Here's a different way by lapetitejort on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @02:22PM (#32999094)

> Now flash IronOS[1] on your soldering Iron

I got to here and thought this was some elaborate joke, and expected the github page to continue on with the joke. An operating system for a soldering iron?? But no, it seems 100% serious. Somehow soldering iron tech passed me by.

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Re:Soldering Wires – Here's a different way by racnid on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @02:53PM (#32999484)

Anything more than your basic soldering iron is probably running a PID loop to control temperature. I don't know if my hakko is supported by IronOS but I could easily see it as a useful option.

It's the flashlight guys who have really run amok:

https://www.reddit.com/r/flashlight/comments/xopqft/prob_a_g...

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Re:Soldering Wires – Here's a different way by outworlder on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @03:23PM (#32999896)

I just need a firmware that will connect to Home Assistant so it can track my soldering habits.

Just joking... mostly.

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Re:Soldering Wires – Here's a different way by GravitasFailure on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @08:17PM (#33002861)

The Pinecil V2 has a new processor with Bluetooth. I'm a little fuzzy on whether it offers WiFi as well, but Pine64 suggested it could be used to automatically activate a fume extractor based on the tip temperature. Home Assistant integration wouldn't be hard.

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Re:Soldering Wires – Here's a different way by lapetitejort on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @04:01PM (#33000385)

As someone who has left their soldering iron run overnight, this might be useful...

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Re:Soldering Wires – Here's a different way by linker3000 on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @05:08PM (#33001138)

Most soldering iron firmware includes a sensor routine that turns them off if movement stops for a set period.

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Re:Soldering Wires – Here's a different way by nathan_f77 on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @01:33AM (#33004559)

I actually did set up a smart plug for my soldering iron in Home Assistant [1]. I set it up with a timer and presence detection (using my phone and watch) so that I don't leave it on by accident.

After reading this thread, it sounds like I need to get myself a better soldering iron and install IronOS

[1] https://imgur.com/a/asZbVP7

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Re:Soldering Wires – Here's a different way by snvzz on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @10:48AM (#33008607)

PID controller and a bunch of menus.

The "OS" part is a bit of a joke. It's just an embedded application, AIUI they didn't write their own RTOS.

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Re:Soldering Wires – Here's a different way by sandreas on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @03:38PM (#33000088)

Everthing is better with open firmware :-) Glad you like it.

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