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You can set the temperature on the iron with our web console, which uses Web Serial: https://www.ifixit.com/fixhub/console https://www.ifixit.com/fixhub/console
by kwiens 2y ago
You can set the temperature on the iron with our web console, which uses Web Serial: https://www.ifixit.com/fixhub/console https://www.ifixit.com/fixhub/console
Once you set the temperature, the iron remembers it and you can use any power source.
We've spent a lot of time talking to engineers and makers who solder all day, and it turns out that most people rarely change the temperature. Pick a temperature you like and leave it there.
Our heating algorithm detects and dynamically responds to load, so you don't need to turn the temperature up for larger thermal masses: it'll add as many joules as required to get it to temperature.
- syntaxing 2y agoI definitely can see that, I rarely change my solder iron temp too but the biggest issue is that I purposely do not keep my phone or laptop within reach where I solder. I still use lead solder and I don’t want to accidentally rub off any. Seems like a huge pain to wash my hand, get my laptop, change temp, then continue. But like you mentioned, I probably haven’t changed the temp on my iron in a while, ironically the last time I changed it was because I used silver solder.
- green-salt 2y agoDo you have plans to have an actual local application to do this? Chrome-only web tools are not sustainable and a deal breaker.
- KingOfCoders 2y ago[flagged]
- mynameisvlad 2y agoI mean it uses an experimental web standard, WebSerial. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Serial_API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Serial_... Chrome just happens to be the only browser that supports it right now. It's not like it's using proprietary protocols that will never exist outside of Chrome.
- ryukafalz 2y agoThis is something I'm wondering about, because yeah - my ability to change the iron temperature (if not using the battery) shouldn't depend on iFixit's servers being online. I would at least hope that they document the protocol so that other people can write local applications to do it if not.
- qingcharles 2y agoProtocol here: https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/fixhub_serial_border.png https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/fixhub_seria...
- jamesgeck0 2y agoAs noted in the article, there's also a traditional serial interface.
- iosjunkie 2y agoIn that case, an Arduino + touch screen would be a nice little addon for this.
- wvenable 2y ago> Pick a temperature you like and leave it there. It's hard to argue because that's mostly what I do. But it feel really odd for a soldering iron not to have a temperature control right on it. Especially given competitor irons have screens and buttons. Going to a web interface seems insane in comparison to pressing some buttons.