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| ejeffrey:
I would prefer an encoder, but I can live with buttons. I don't mind using the wsd81 or the hakko 951. What pisses me off is button overloading. Trying to cram as many features as possible into a 2 button interface is not a winning product idea. |
| cwalex:
--- Quote from: Mr Smiley on November 16, 2012, 04:21:55 pm ---Why don't we all get together and build our own!!! All you need is 1 iron, under a fiver(uk) from ebay, lots of suppliers and millions of replacement tips. 24v 2A supply pic or avr rotary encoder 3 7-seg or lcd display a couple of op-amps And lots of pleasant interaction working out the software alone and with others. Then you can add all the advantages of whatever you'd like into one single unit. you could have an all singing, all dancing, does all that you want for under £20 in parts. Mr Smiley :) --- End quote --- There is already a project that is pretty far along and you can buy a pcb from seeed studio. http://dangerousprototypes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=3475 Looks like it is compatible with hakko and weller handles. |
| saturation:
Controller electronics design is fairly widepsread and low cost. If you try to buy a new Hakko replacement hand piece in the USA, it will cost as much as the whole premade FX888 including the iron. When you factor the cost of the chassis, as expected, DIY will cost more than OTS, and it won't look as nice :-// http://www.hakkousa.com/detail.asp?PID=4854&Page=1 The real value of these irons is the alloys used in the tips and the heater assembly. If you want to DIY try to mod these units to meet the capabilities of a JBC or the more expensive Hakkos. I think it won't succeed as you can easily inspect that what makes these better irons better again are the heater assembly: the ceramic in the heating element, the placement of the thermal sensors and alloys of the tip. --- Quote from: cwalex on November 19, 2012, 11:39:35 am --- --- Quote from: Mr Smiley on November 16, 2012, 04:21:55 pm ---Why don't we all get together and build our own!!! All you need is 1 iron, under a fiver(uk) from ebay, lots of suppliers and millions of replacement tips. 24v 2A supply pic or avr rotary encoder 3 7-seg or lcd display a couple of op-amps And lots of pleasant interaction working out the software alone and with others. Then you can add all the advantages of whatever you'd like into one single unit. you could have an all singing, all dancing, does all that you want for under £20 in parts. Mr Smiley :) --- End quote --- There is already a project that is pretty far along and you can buy a pcb from seeed studio. http://dangerousprototypes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=3475 Looks like it is compatible with hakko and weller handles. --- End quote --- |
| saturation:
You're right nanofrog, if you want an improved $80 FX888, the $250 951 is it. That higher cost buys a new set of features and technology. --- Quote from: nanofrog on November 18, 2012, 07:23:51 pm --- --- Quote from: saturation on November 18, 2012, 01:48:06 pm ---It could, but the 951 heater is much faster... --- End quote --- I looked at it as another feature, albeit a significant one that differentiates the FX-951 from the FX-888D, but was looking a bit broader at the additional features of the controller as well when I posted. --- End quote --- |
| xygor:
I, for one, welcome our new soldering overlord. |
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