Homemade sodlering station - soldering demonstration

Link to page: http://pcbheaven.com/projectpages/Homemade_Soldering_Station/?topic=worklog
This is a demonstration video of my new homemade soldering station. I am very pleased with the results and the operation.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• homemade
• diy
• soldering
• station
• sodler
• paste
• demonstration
• circuit
• schematic
• electronic
• project
• temperature
• thermocouple
• feedback
• tip
• iron

[iamspuzzum]

This is really cool :). I was thinking of using an Arduino as the controller, as I found a how-to for a thermocouple sensor and the Arduino on ladyada, but wasn't sure about the soldering iron itself. I see that Hakko has replacement parts available, and they have a heating element with 4 wires for the FX-8801. I'm assuming the 2 extra leads are the thermocouples?

[pcbheaven]

@iamspuzzum herctrap has already make this with avr (programmed thorugh arduino). go to my site in projects and find it in first rows.

[Spoif]

Does this use a PID algorithm to maintain the temperature ?

[pcbheaven]

@Spoif no. i began with PID but the system has slow reaction with fast temperature drops (when soldering), so the PID had no real use. I used patterns instead.

[Tda7000]

Looks good.. can you get a faster recovery time for the heater though?

[pcbheaven]

@Tda7000 the soldering iron i selected is 30Wats max, so it has by itself a long recovery time. If i was to re-make this project, i would select a bigger one.

[iamspuzzum]

@pcbheaven

Thanks man.. will take a look :)

[4002inch]

@pcbheaven sorry, I didn't see it :) I think lots of my questions would find the responses on it. Google chrome usualy hyde the bottom of the the information under the video, for that I didn't see it.

Sorry and Thank you very much.

[pcbheaven]

@4002inch as a matter of fact, i have complete documentation about this project. follow the link in the info under the video, after the phrase "Link to page:..."