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Gandalf_Sr:
Use the force Shock; let go!

Seriously, rather than wonder why we like a $50 soldering station better than a $500 one, why not go get one and try it?  My biggest complaint so far is that KSGER got the abbreviation for Thursday wrong.

If the KSGER interface is open source, can anyone point to where it is on Github?
exe:

--- Quote from: Gandalf_Sr on June 11, 2019, 09:31:10 am ---If the KSGER interface is open source, can anyone point to where it is on Github?

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I'm afraid it's not. However, there might be an alternative opensource firmware...
Gandalf_Sr:

--- Quote from: exe on June 11, 2019, 09:55:59 am ---
--- Quote from: Gandalf_Sr on June 11, 2019, 09:31:10 am ---If the KSGER interface is open source, can anyone point to where it is on Github?

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I'm afraid it's not. However, there might be an alternative opensource firmware...

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ptdreamer wrote alternative code for what looks like the KSGER, check out his blog page here and there's also a Github page that has all his code.  My thought is this... The PCB that ptdreamer reverse-engineered is not the same as the one that's in my KSGER stations - in mine the iron connector is a 5 or 6 pin connector on a PCB extension that's clearly designed to be snapped off.  However, if it's basically the same circuit then we have the basis for an open-source hardware and firmware solution.
Shock:

--- Quote from: Gandalf_Sr on June 11, 2019, 09:31:10 am ---Use the force Shock; let go!

Seriously, rather than wonder why we like a $50 soldering station better than a $500 one, why not go get one and try it?  My biggest complaint so far is that KSGER got the abbreviation for Thursday wrong.

If the KSGER interface is open source, can anyone point to where it is on Github?

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Haha! Nah I'm good, I got plenty of soldering stations to keep me occupied. The next handpiece I'll be looking at is the new aluminum tweezers for the ADS200.
Gandalf_Sr:
Anecdotal Tales from the Bench part 301

I've just been doing a soldering job this morning on a T0220 FET mounted on a PCB that has a vertical heat sink which is already attached to the FET. The 2 irons I used were the Hakko FX-951 (set to 345C) and the KSGER T12 (set to 300C).  On the S and D pins, the Hakko could barely melt the solder even after 10 seconds or so, the KSGER hit the pad and the solder flowed fully within a second or so.
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