How to Clean a Soldering Iron Tip Without Ruining It


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Learn how to clean soldering iron tips for reliable soldering. A deep-dive guide on tools, oxidation removal, and maintenance to ensure perfect heat transfer.

Weller Tools introduces new smart soldering platform


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Weller Tools has introduced its new smart soldering platform WXsmart. The platform consists of a 2-channel soldering station and a hot air module with an air and vacuum requirements, from pico to micro and ultra soldering are part of this platform. A calibration unit as well as a soldering tip holder make it a complete […]

SolderGO the smart ergonomic soldering iron launches campaign on kickstarter


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SolderGO launches comfortable ergonomic smart soldering iron to raise funding for the first production run exclusively on the platform Kickstarter known to bring projects to life. The SolderGO iron features an easy-to-use, intuitive user interface and OLED display, compact ergonomic size with a full-size tip which is portable and can minimize workbench footprint. The SolderGO […]

Andonstar AD407 HDMI Digital USB Microscope Review


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Introduction Digital USB microscopes are widely available from various manufactures, are low-cost, and ideal for home or business use. They are USB-powered microscopes that can directly be connected to the computer’s USB port or USB adapter. They are a variation of a traditional optical microscope that uses optics and a digital camera to output an […]

Vapor Phase One, The New Industry’s most dynamic PCB soldering process


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A new crowd supply campaign has been launched for the Vapor Phase One, which is the industry’s most dynamic PCB soldering method available now to hobbyists and development engineers alike. Compared to infrared and conventional soldering, the vapor phase process works perfectly at controlling high thermal mass assemblies. Big SMD capacitors, high-power inductors, also metal […]

Soldering RT1 – A Universal Weller RT Soldering Station Offering Tweezers support


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Hand soldering is a very important skill to have in every electronics maker’s skill set. Soldering is pretty easy and can be a fun activity. With enough practice, it is an easy skill to pick up. These days, components are becoming smaller and more compact. This could increase the chances of soldering issues occurring. One […]

TinySolder – T12 Soldering Station based on ATtiny13a


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TinySolder is a simple T12 Quick Heating Soldering Station based on the ATtiny13a featuring in 700 bytes of code: Temperature measurement of the tip Direct control of the heater Temperature control via potentiometer Handle movement detection (by checking ball switch) Time driven sleep/power off mode if iron is unused (movement detection) TinySolder – T12 Soldering […]

Metcal to Launch New GT Adjustable Temperature Soldering Systems


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Metcal announced plans to launch its new GT90 and GT120 Soldering Systems. The GT90 and GT120 offer market-leading performance due to their use of inductive heating technology and are Metcal’s first platforms with adjustable temperature offered to the market. The GT family of soldering systems are the only products in the market to offer the […]

New Weller active soldering tips offer precision, performance and power


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Weller Tools, the world’s No.1 brand in hand soldering solutions, expands its Active RT soldering tip program. The expanded tip series offers the highest precision, while maximizing performance and power. The tips work exclusively with the high performance WX platform of soldering stations. Widest range of high-end soldering tips Whether in the electronics field, medical […]

Tiny Reflow Controller V2 features an OLED display


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Rocketscream.com released their all-in-one Arduino compatible reflow controller powered by ATmega328P with OLED screen and built-in USB port. This reflow controller replaces the beloved “Tiny Reflow Controller V1” which had a character LCD display. Let’s see what’s new on this board. First, it has the tiniest form factor they have ever made and now it […]