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iFixit wants to fix the soldering iron (www.engadget.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

Since the Pinecil is running IronOS

What a sentence. I really don't like the idea of having to do a firmware update on my soldering iron.

Does it have Bluetooth and a companion app as well?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I'm pretty sure you meant this as a joke, and I laughed at the thought of someone making something as stupid as an app for a soldering iron. But then I thought I'd check. Ugh.

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.eduardom.ironos_companion

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh, I was dead serious. You can get battery drills that come with a fucking app now, I'm not surprised at all it's the same with solder irons.

    Power and temp up and down is just too simple, I guess.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Owner of 2 pinecils here, there are buttons and a display that shows the current temperature and other stuff. I only just learned that there's an app, it works more than fine on its own, out of the box.

    I got that specific iron because I needed to power it from 12v, and it works very well on the USB PD power supply I already have for my laptop.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    having to do a firmware update on my soldering iron

    You don't. It works perfectly fine OOTB. Can't speak for the Pinecil v2 with Bluetooth and the companion app but I have v1 and the software been stable and bug-free enough I've never even given a thought to updating the firmware on it

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Firmware was always there in a soldering iron more sophisticated than an old, dumb Radio Shack wall plug iron. That's how you get good temperature control. Pinecil is just letting you modify it officially.

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