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It's our own design, although clearly inspired by those who came before. I'm really happy with their quality, but you'll have to judge that for yourself. We'r
by kwiens 2y ago
It's our own design, although clearly inspired by those who came before.
I'm really happy with their quality, but you'll have to judge that for yourself.
We're handling the boosting automatically in software. When the iron detects that it's under load, it maxxes out the power to the tip. It's incredibly responsive.
You're right, where you want that is with high thermal mass objects like ground planes. The difficult part is getting enough of a thermal bridge onto the material to really let the iron rip. It can dump a lot of power into a joint.
- alnwlsn 2y agoThanks for the response! If true, this would make the experience more like a Metcal then. Very good iron. You must have your thermistor/thermocouple very close / inside the tip itself then, no? No doubts then on the tip quality - I've seen the rest of your stuff (good).
- kwiens 2y agoYes, the thermistor is inside the tip. That's essential to getting good performance out of the algorithm. The instant that the iron detects that it's under load, it pours power into the heating element. That makes it feel and perform like a much more powerful iron. We're dynamically responding to the power load and flowing heat into the material.
- ssl-3 2y ago...just as IronOS does on a Pinecil.
- alnwlsn 2y agoThe sensor for the Pinecil / TS100 seems to be located fully behind the tip though: https://web.archive.org/web/20221110163337/http://www.minidso.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=1110 https://web.archive.org/web/20221110163337/http://www.minids...
- ssl-3 2y agoIndeed. I guess we'll have to wait for an iFixit teardown to see how this new widget actually differs in internal construction.