Buzby
Senior Member
This rather neat soldering iron lowers its temperature when it is idle. This is probably just a piece of code that recognises there has been no movement of the accelerometer for a minute or two.
http://www.banggood.com/TS100-Digital-OLED-Programable-Interface-DC-5525-Soldering-Iron-Station-Built-in-STM32-Chip-p-984214.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Celc-Prot-Repair-RM-TS100&utm_content=nydia&gclid=CJbBpJiS580CFVIaGwodkGQPXg
This brought back memories of something I've not thought of for many years.
My first iron was an Antex ( X-25 I think ), and it got left on for hours, hanging on a hook I had on the side of my workbench.
The 'hook' was actually a wire-lever microswitch I had put in series with the iron, which shorted an IN4004 when the iron was off the hook.
This had the effect of reducing the power by 50% when I was not using the iron, thus prolonging the life of the bit.
Modern technology provides a much better solution, but when it breaks you can't fix it !.
http://www.banggood.com/TS100-Digital-OLED-Programable-Interface-DC-5525-Soldering-Iron-Station-Built-in-STM32-Chip-p-984214.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Celc-Prot-Repair-RM-TS100&utm_content=nydia&gclid=CJbBpJiS580CFVIaGwodkGQPXg
This brought back memories of something I've not thought of for many years.
My first iron was an Antex ( X-25 I think ), and it got left on for hours, hanging on a hook I had on the side of my workbench.
The 'hook' was actually a wire-lever microswitch I had put in series with the iron, which shorted an IN4004 when the iron was off the hook.
This had the effect of reducing the power by 50% when I was not using the iron, thus prolonging the life of the bit.
Modern technology provides a much better solution, but when it breaks you can't fix it !.