Can you hold it at the tip and does it increase temperature with increasing number of lines?
Tetris for TS100 soldering iron
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Re: Tetris for TS100 soldering iron
#22Each time you lose the game the soldering iron tip temperature increases by 10 degrees. Yikes!
I wonder what happens if you purposely lose a thousand times. :)
I was curious if there were a cap on the temperature but the code does not actually seem to be doing something to the temperature after losing. I did not dig into the code too much but I suspect that the thing is either not implemented or that it heats over time regardless of you losing.
Re: Tetris for TS100 soldering iron
#23Re: Tetris for TS100 soldering iron
#24For what it's worth, I somewhat hesitantly bought one of these soldering irons a few months ago off Ali Express. After having used it a lot since then I can now highly recommend it as a fantastic bit of kit - I've almost become emotionally attached to the thing! It heats up quickly, holds a consistent temperature, solders very well, plus has lots of features and configuration options. For example it can be set to coo…
I really don't understand how that can actually be a good iron in any way, shape or form. I've been doing hobby and production soldering for about 25 years.
What you need is an iron that will stay at 700oF whatever you throw at it tip or workpiece related. That means power, lots of it. That doesn't come from USB.
Considering my current iron is a 50W Weller TCP, that can switch between soldering 0805 packages immediately followed by large tag terminal capacitors and ground planes without have to do anything, change any settings etc. You don't even have to change tip with the chisel.
Soldering irons also take a heavy battering when you use them as well. The above Weller is 20 years old and looks and works good as new. I really can't see that working for very long.
I just don't understand why the product exists really. If I was in the market you can pick up a whole Weller TCP station for less cash second hand. This is just a flashy toy.
Re: Tetris for TS100 soldering iron
#25For what it's worth, I somewhat hesitantly bought one of these soldering irons a few months ago off Ali Express. After having used it a lot since then I can now highly recommend it as a fantastic bit of kit - I've almost become emotionally attached to the thing! It heats up quickly, holds a consistent temperature, solders very well, plus has lots of features and configuration options. For example it can be set to coo…
I really don't understand how that can actually be a good iron in any way, shape or form. I've been doing hobby and production soldering for about 25 years. What you need is an iron that will stay at 700oF whatever you throw at it tip or workpiece related. That means power, lots of it. That doesn't come from USB. Considering my current iron is a 50W Weller TCP, that can switch between soldering 0805 packages immediat…
> That doesn't come from USB.
No, it comes from the 12-24V power supply you plug into the back of it. It's a ~65W iron.
No apologies for sounding snotty here. You don't know what it is, haven't seen one, haven't used one but you're already ready to crap all over it. Try one. It's full of silly novelties that I'm sure you'll hate but it doesn't take much to improve the usability of a dumb thermocontrolled soldering station and I —along with much of the internet— believe the TS100 does enough to be better. It's also dirt cheap to buy and run.
Re: Tetris for TS100 soldering iron
#26For what it's worth, I somewhat hesitantly bought one of these soldering irons a few months ago off Ali Express. After having used it a lot since then I can now highly recommend it as a fantastic bit of kit - I've almost become emotionally attached to the thing! It heats up quickly, holds a consistent temperature, solders very well, plus has lots of features and configuration options. For example it can be set to coo…
I really don't understand how that can actually be a good iron in any way, shape or form. I've been doing hobby and production soldering for about 25 years. What you need is an iron that will stay at 700oF whatever you throw at it tip or workpiece related. That means power, lots of it. That doesn't come from USB. Considering my current iron is a 50W Weller TCP, that can switch between soldering 0805 packages immediat…
It's not an USB iron, but powered by a separate power jack, anywhere between 12-24V; at 24V it maxes out around 65W.
As the heater block is integrated to the tip itself, you get better thermal characteristics (quicker heatup / less thermal runaway). Search youtube for comparisons to Weller/Hakko irons, there are a few.
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#27I wonder when they will release Skyrim for the TS100
Re: Tetris for TS100 soldering iron
#28For what it's worth, I somewhat hesitantly bought one of these soldering irons a few months ago off Ali Express. After having used it a lot since then I can now highly recommend it as a fantastic bit of kit - I've almost become emotionally attached to the thing! It heats up quickly, holds a consistent temperature, solders very well, plus has lots of features and configuration options. For example it can be set to coo…
I use it for a field soldering iron when I am out flying my quadcopters, I have build an XT60 connector for it, so that I can attach my XT60 Lipo batteries to it and do emergency soldering.
It is actually my favorite soldering iron, and I do most of my soldering with it now because it is so small and convenient.
Re: Tetris for TS100 soldering iron
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
I really don't understand how that can actually be a good iron in any way, shape or form. I've been doing hobby and production soldering for about 25 years. What you need is an iron that will stay at 700oF whatever you throw at it tip or workpiece related. That means power, lots of it. That doesn't come from USB. Considering my current iron is a 50W Weller TCP, that can switch between soldering 0805 packages immediat…
> That doesn't come from USB. No, it comes from the 12-24V power supply you plug into the back of it. It's a ~65W iron. No apologies for sounding snotty here. You don't know what it is, haven't seen one, haven't used one but you're already ready to crap all over it. Try one. It's full of silly novelties that I'm sure you'll hate but it doesn't take much to improve the usability of a dumb thermocontrolled soldering st…
Fair point about the power. Retracted.
Reading reviews, the handle is slippery, a lot of them arrive with defective temperature control, the tip isn't grounded with Y2 leakage from mains on it.
Its still junk.
Re: Tetris for TS100 soldering iron
#30For a moment I misread the title as "Tetris for the TIS-100 soldering iron", and had a very rube-goldberg vision indeed.
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