JBC Soldering Station
First of all, I would like to thank every active member of this discord server that has helped, special thanks to @robherc , @Taire , toesis and MaderDash.
A couple months ago I started looking for a new soldering iron, when I saw that while there were some promising Chinese models, most of them had design flaws and other kind of drawbacks. Just looking at the prices of reputable name-brand irons made me sick so I decided to design my own. I started my research with opamps, high and low side switching for high power loads (10A at 24V), then moved onto all the details features that the real one has. The soldering is not the nicest, I had no solder paste so I first added solder via my iron and then reflowed it, but by that time too much oxidation was on the surface
Things to do:
-PID control
-Voltage-Power adjustment to compensate for lower supply voltages
-Tip detection for automatically changing the settings (duty%) for C115, C210, and C245 tips (9, 12, 24V rated)
-Designing and 3D printing an enclousure
-Resoldering the input cables and changing them for thicker ones
-Reintroducing the power bar
A couple months ago I started looking for a new soldering iron, when I saw that while there were some promising Chinese models, most of them had design flaws and other kind of drawbacks. Just looking at the prices of reputable name-brand irons made me sick so I decided to design my own. I started my research with opamps, high and low side switching for high power loads (10A at 24V), then moved onto all the details features that the real one has. The soldering is not the nicest, I had no solder paste so I first added solder via my iron and then reflowed it, but by that time too much oxidation was on the surface
Things to do:
-PID control
-Voltage-Power adjustment to compensate for lower supply voltages
-Tip detection for automatically changing the settings (duty%) for C115, C210, and C245 tips (9, 12, 24V rated)
-Designing and 3D printing an enclousure
-Resoldering the input cables and changing them for thicker ones
-Reintroducing the power bar
