As a follow up to the Soldering Iron PID temperature controller post, Mike Doughty of PCB Smoke blogged about on how to modify an ordinary plugin soldering iron to work with a PID temperature controller – second version: This new version has some improvements since the first version back in April, 2015. The soldering iron […]
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Soldering iron pulse timer for temperature control
Here’s Mike’s completed project DIY soldering iron pulse timer controller. He wrote a post on his blog detailing its assembly: This is a follow up to a previous post on a way to get temperature control for a plug-in soldering iron without a temperature sensor. Instead of using a sensor to control the temperature, this […]
Soldering iron cycle timer temperature control
A soldering iron temperature control cycle timer from PCB Smoke: Shown below is a photo of the unit that started me thinking about how to find a way to control the temperature of a regular plug-in soldering iron. The unit got very hot the first time I used it. It has a built-in adjustment dial. […]
Soldering Iron PID temperature controller
Mike has posted a detailed tutorial on how to modify an ordinary plugin soldering iron to work with a digital temperature controller: A thermocouple was mounted internally inside the soldering iron so it is out of the way. The idea was to find the “sweet spot” at the back of the heating unit inside the soldering iron […]