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iFixit wants to fix the soldering iron (www.engadget.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Ghostalmedia to c/technology

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[–] Linkerbaan 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

The Smart Soldering Iron will set you back $80, while the Soldering Station, which includes the soldering iron and the battery pack, costs $250.

Most interesting to me is that they put the display on the soldering station/battery pack thingy instead of the iron itself.

[–] bruhduh 8 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I bought my soldering station with air solderer and iron solderer for about 40$ from AliExpress, the ones with IR bottom heater cost around 90-100$

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (5 children)

What's the IR bottom heater for?

[–] Hagdos 2 points 2 months ago

IR bottom heaters are usually not strong enough for reballing. They're for boards that are hard to solder, because there's a lot of copper or a heatsink for example.

The bottom heater preheats the whole board, not to soldering temperatures but enough to make soldering a lot easier.

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