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Re:Soldering Wires – Here's a different way by sottol on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @02:28PM (#32999169)
Or get a $25 Pinecil that comes with IronOS pre-installed and is by all accounts almost as good as the TS-100 [1] (it's $40 on Amazon now :/). I got one, was so impressed that I got another. One big upside over the TS-100 for me is that it can be driven by both a beefier USB-C (which I always have around anyway) and DC-plug PSU.

Plus, it's running Risc-V, and they even sell an breakout to use the "logic board" as a RISC-V dev-board!

[1] https://pine64.com/product/pinecil-smart-mini-portable-solde...

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Re:Soldering Wires – Here's a different way by snvzz on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @10:46AM (#33008583)
You say "almost as good", but isn't it actually better?

What advantage, if any, would the ts-100 have?

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Re:Soldering Wires – Here's a different way by sottol on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @11:54AM (#33009433)
Main reason is because I've not used the TS-100 personally so I cannot say for sure, afair the TS-100 heated up a tad faster in certain situations.

Anyway, USB-C is a big deal for me so I'd take the Pinecil if prices were the same.

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Re:Soldering Wires – Here's a different way by sandreas on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @11:48AM (#33009366)
Only advantage I know of is availability... The Pinecil is not available everywhere...
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Re:Soldering Wires – Here's a different way by Zekio on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @07:26PM (#33002441)
damn, you made me notice they've made a V2 of pinecil
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Re:Soldering Wires – Here's a different way by sandreas on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @12:09AM (#33004163)
Do you know where I can get a Pinecil V2 for 25$ in Germany?

The TS100 was about 40$, when I bought it...

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Re:Soldering Wires – Here's a different way by Zekio on Thursday September 29, 2022 @12:52PM (#33023486)
they have it in their EU store https://pine64eu.com/product/pinecil-smart-mini-portable-sol... but currently it is out of stock, not at 25$ though
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Re:Soldering Wires – Here's a different way by snvzz on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @10:47AM (#33008600)
Official Pine64 store ships worldwide.
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