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> Now flash IronOS[1] on your soldering Iron

I got to here and thought this was some elaborate joke, and expected the github page to continue on with the joke. An operating system for a soldering iron?? But no, it seems 100% serious. Somehow soldering iron tech passed me by.

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Anything more than your basic soldering iron is probably running a PID loop to control temperature. I don't know if my hakko is supported by IronOS but I could easily see it as a useful option.

It's the flashlight guys who have really run amok:

https://www.reddit.com/r/flashlight/comments/xopqft/prob_a_g...

I just need a firmware that will connect to Home Assistant so it can track my soldering habits.

Just joking... mostly.

As someone who has left their soldering iron run overnight, this might be useful...

Most soldering iron firmware includes a sensor routine that turns them off if movement stops for a set period.

The Pinecil V2 has a new processor with Bluetooth. I'm a little fuzzy on whether it offers WiFi as well, but Pine64 suggested it could be used to automatically activate a fume extractor based on the tip temperature. Home Assistant integration wouldn't be hard.

I actually did set up a smart plug for my soldering iron in Home Assistant [1]. I set it up with a timer and presence detection (using my phone and watch) so that I don't leave it on by accident.

After reading this thread, it sounds like I need to get myself a better soldering iron and install IronOS

[1] https://imgur.com/a/asZbVP7

Everthing is better with open firmware :-) Glad you like it.

PID controller and a bunch of menus.

The "OS" part is a bit of a joke. It's just an embedded application, AIUI they didn't write their own RTOS.

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