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Pine64 Store is offering their Pinecil Smart Mini Portable Soldering Iron Tool on sale for $25.99. Standard shipping starts at ~$11.99 (may vary depending on location).
Thanks to community member Sparkiekun for finding this deal
Note: Stock may be limited while supplies last
About the Product
Thanks to community member Sparkiekun for finding this deal
Note: Stock may be limited while supplies last
About the Product
- Dual power input design: 1) USB-C supports both PD and QC 3.0 and; 2) DC5525 barrel DC jack
- Speedy Rapid Warmup: Reaches operating temperature in 6 seconds. Support for on-demand rapid boost feature
- Adjustable soldering tip temperature which can be set between 100° C and 400° C using the adjustment buttons and an easy-to-read OLED display
- Portable: it features a sleek and slim design, comprised of an SAE 304 stainless steel core housed inside a polycarbonate shell
- Auto standby mode engages when it is not in use ensuring the user safety
- Pinecil Soldering Iron Tool
- B2 ST (Short Tip) Soldering Tip
- Product includes a 30-day device warranty w/ purchase
Editor's Notes
Written by citan359 | Staff- About this Deal:
- Matches previous Frontpage Deal.
- The Pinecil is a smart mini portable soldering iron w/ a 32-bit RISC-V SoC and has an operating temperature in just 6 seconds
- Product is operated on Ralim's IronOS w/ Bouffalo BL-706 chipset w/ OLED white colour monochrome display + power from USB-C or barrel jack; FCC, CE RED, ROHS certified
- Offer valid while promotional price/supplies last
- Additional Notes:
- Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
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Pine64 Store is offering their Pinecil Smart Mini Portable Soldering Iron Tool on sale for $25.99. Standard shipping starts at ~$11.99 (may vary depending on location).
Thanks to community member Sparkiekun for finding this deal
Note: Stock may be limited while supplies last
About the Product
Thanks to community member Sparkiekun for finding this deal
Note: Stock may be limited while supplies last
About the Product
- Dual power input design: 1) USB-C supports both PD and QC 3.0 and; 2) DC5525 barrel DC jack
- Speedy Rapid Warmup: Reaches operating temperature in 6 seconds. Support for on-demand rapid boost feature
- Adjustable soldering tip temperature which can be set between 100° C and 400° C using the adjustment buttons and an easy-to-read OLED display
- Portable: it features a sleek and slim design, comprised of an SAE 304 stainless steel core housed inside a polycarbonate shell
- Auto standby mode engages when it is not in use ensuring the user safety
- Pinecil Soldering Iron Tool
- B2 ST (Short Tip) Soldering Tip
- Product includes a 30-day device warranty w/ purchase
Editor's Notes
Written by citan359 | Staff- About this Deal:
- Matches previous Frontpage Deal.
- The Pinecil is a smart mini portable soldering iron w/ a 32-bit RISC-V SoC and has an operating temperature in just 6 seconds
- Product is operated on Ralim's IronOS w/ Bouffalo BL-706 chipset w/ OLED white colour monochrome display + power from USB-C or barrel jack; FCC, CE RED, ROHS certified
- Offer valid while promotional price/supplies last
- Additional Notes:
- Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
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Pinecil order:
PINECIL – Smart Mini Portable Soldering Iron 1 $25.99
USB TYPE-C TO USB TYPE-C SILICONE POWER CHARGING CABLE - 1 meter length 1 $3.49
USB TYPE-C TO USB TYPE-C SILICONE POWER CHARGING CABLE - 1.5 meter length 1 $3.99
PINECIL Portable Mini Stand 1 $1.99
PINECIL Replacement Tip Contacts 1 $1.00
PINECIL Soldering Tip Set (Fine) 1 $24.99
PINECIL Soldering Tip Set (Gross) 1 $24.99
PinePower - 120W Desktop Power Supply - US version 1 $37.99
PINECIL Break Out Board 1 $3.99
Small diam solder: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AYJ0B7Y/
Large diam solder: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AVLM4SO/
Small station: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08Y1JZHD4/
Big station: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B081MZX8Q8/
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There are these also
https://www.aliexpress.
On the aluminum substrate and copper substrate PCBs I work on, I can use very small tips, and just the very edge of the tip without issue. On the FX-951 and TS101 irons I have, that cannot be done, larger tips must be used, and you must maintain a larger contact surface area, otherwise parts of the tip will droop in temperature.
The inductive heating stations regulate every single part of the tip, down to the molecular level. They rely on the curie point for the tip material, so if even the tiniest portion of the tip cools down, that exact portion will begin absorbing RF energy to heat back up. It's inherently self-regulating, at every single point across the tip.
The small cold portion of the tip on inductive irons, doesn't have to wait for that "coldness" to translate down the rest of the tip body, to the temperature sensor thermistor.
As to your point about resistive not being as good as inductive. Of course, in principle it can't compare. However the inductive tips do NOT regulate the entire body of the tip, similarly to a well designed resistive heater (not one with a ceramic core and a tip as a sleeve) there is a core, with a coil and the tip materials extends from that core leaving a region of thermal resistance and heat flux transfer.
I did want to correct you on how the inductive heating works however. Heat in an inductive tip is produced in the feromagnetic sleeve, which like a resistive element sits in the shaft below the tip taper (see images in metcal's documentation here https://www.metcal.com/wp-content...metca
Again not trying to argue that a Metcal is better. but having measured actual tip temperatures on the pinecil and metcal the response time and power delivery are awfully close. Almost mind blowingly considering the 40x price difference. Ultimately however, for professional use the Metcal tips have better geometry options for surface mount work.
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https://pine64.org/2022/07/28/jul...omralimte
https://pine64.org/documentation/...henticity/
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I bought mine from the pine64 store. Definitely recommend both the silicon cables if you order from there. I use them for charging my other usb c devices everyday.
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