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PINECIL – Smart Mini Portable Soldering Iron, New Version 2

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Pinecil V2 is capable of reaching 450 degrees Celsius, and at that temperature, the iron is pulling 66 Watts (20 Volts at 3. We used the supplied conical short tip and connected the iron to a PinePower desktop power supply with a USB C port capable of delivering 65 Watts.The Pinecil has evolved over the years from a 60W device into the latest rendition, the V2, which supports 24V/88W and includes the new PINE64 designed shorter tip. Metcal for desk work (rocking an ancient PS2E, because it’s built like the brick it resembles), and a DIY iron ( https://hackaday.

PINECIL – Smart Mini Portable Soldering Iron (Version 2)

The Pinecil is held to an additional standard; how well can it meet the needs of the open source community as a RISC-V development tool. The soldering action felt neat and it matched our pace of soldering, especially when soldering a long line of DIP pins.Just as last time, you will be able to pose questions on Discord, IRC, Telegram and Matrix and we will be live-streaming on Youtube. An optional breakout board, which plugs into the USB C port and passes power through it, provides GPIO pins which can be used to test, debug and create projects using the iron as a controller. The PineBuds were first introduced in April and we have since been working hard to accelerate the pre-manufacturing process to bring production units to the market as soon as possible. So good, in fact, that it had become their go-to recommendation for most projects involving small circuit boards, which is most projects for a lot of people.

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For 90% of the projects Pinecil will be used for, it will sail through with no issue, but where it could struggle are boards that soak heat via large ground plains or multi-layer boards with huge amounts of copper. Some tool brands have the overdrain protection already; it doesn't hurt to also set this in Pinecil or in case you don't know if your brand/type has it or not.You can watch the synopsis of this month’s community update on YouTube (embedded below) as well as on Odysee and PeerTube. If a PD charger does not work at 15, then increase the timeout (PD default is 20 = 20x 100ms = 2 seconds). Your television, computer, even your Raspberry Pi are all made using various forms of soldering irons / systems.

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As if that wasn’t enough, the Pinecil heats up really, really fast (I clocked it at seven seconds) and has an OLED and software that lets you dial in pinpoint accurate temperatures. Most things invented in the last 200 years are safer, cheaper, lighter, and more reliable when computerized properly. Read the 2 answers in this link that give an idea of why using cheap DC power supplies could damage electronics due to switching noise/voltage spikes. However, don’t worry if you notice a small drop in activity – we are just enjoying the summer and taking well-deserved holidays! The TS101 comes with a TS-B2 10mm conical tip and can use the same soldering tips as the venerable TS100 (but not the TS80) and both versions of Pinecil.

Those bridges will not have all the features available within all platforms, but the chat is relayed between all four by a bot named "Protocol Droid". From fine needlepoint tips (TS-ILS) to flat tip cones (TS-BC2, TS-C1, TS-C4) and more akin to flat blades (TS-D24, TS-K, TS-KU), there is a tip for every type of soldering scenario. These two parts are low cost and not too hard to replace if your Pinecil breaks from a poor quality DC charger (see Datasheets section of the Wiki for links to get replacement chips]]. This is a very useful feature that allows us to easily do demonstrations and share progress with other people. These tips will ship with the Pinecil V2 by default, but if you already own an original Pinecil then you’ll be able to pick up the 6.

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