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| EEVblog #472 - JBC CD-2BB Soldering Iron Teardown |
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| EEVblog:
What's inside the JBC CD-2BB soldering station. http://bit.ly/180GwAP http://www.mektronics.com.au/ |
| Spikee:
I also have one and it is awesome compared to all the irons i have used. It beats the cheap ass Aoyue , weller ws80 etc... It is a bit more expensive but it is worth it! |
| firewalker:
Probably the EU is misspelled because European Union (EU) is Unión Europea in Spanish (UE). Crovisa is a Spanish company. Alexander. |
| Lightages:
LOL, a bit more expensive. It certainly is a great tool, and in this case you definitely get what you pay for. But over $450? |
| xenocide702:
I just bought the newer model with USB last week. I took a peek inside (pics coming). No prizes for guessing what they added :D a cp2102 silicon labs USB to UART along with an si8421 digital isolator. I didn't both tracking down what port pin the lines led to. They wouldn't need the hardware UART, they could bit bang it at whatever baudrate they feel like. Hopefully they used the serial bootloader on the original model, that'd mean flashing firmware wouldn't be a problem even for those with the older model, if there's any interest I'll take out the board and show a picture of where the pins lead. PS: Everything Dave said about the iron is true, the thing a BEAST. It really puts our little 40 watt metcals to shame. I love almost everything about it other than the piss poor non removable stand. I may kludge together a little infrared deal on a movable stand to signal it to go to sleep. :-// |
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