One of the fundamental ideas with the soldering pen was to have a small package and a 3d printed casing for the whole project. I don’t know how it happened but somehow I completely missed the fact that the jack connector was not in the same plane as the board. …
This is exactly why I love 3d printers. When you have an idea you draw it and then you print it. Simple as that. Of course the soldering pen needs a stand. And why can’t it be printed? I know that a lot of people will tell me that it …
I finally managed to make a short video demonstration of the soldering pen. It can be found here: I fumble a bit – so much for unscripted one-takes 🙂 I’ve tried to compile a list of the things I still need to finish (not in order): – making a stand …
Status: Getting close to that pen-look!Next: Yes, Finally they’re here! the new PCBs! I’ve ordered 10 from Seeedstudio and after a (not so quick) trip around customs I got them today. The last day before easter. I’ve panelized them so each board contains 3 pens. that means that after a …
I’ll start with a picture. this is the mini soldering station I have started working on. What you can see is the RT tip directly attached to the controller board. the idea is of course to have a mini-jack extension cable in between, but then it hit me. why? Why …