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[–] 2 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

Oh damn lol. Brave.

Just took a look at the pinecil. That looks pretty slick. Have you run into any issues with it? Battery not lasting or it not getting hot enough?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Another happy owner of a pinecil here. For me it gets plenty hot and works great. There isn't a battery though, you're meant to use it wired with either USB C PD 65 Watts or 12V standard size barrel plug at similar wattage. More info on the pinecil wiki: https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinecil_Power_Supplies

    Also, here's some more general info about pinecil from their wiki: https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinecil

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    Maybe, but it is pretty affordable (~$26 USD), the hardware and software is open source, and it is very portable due to the lack of a soldering station. It is also temp adjustable and has features like temp boost for heat sucking components like ground planes. For nerds, they have a risc-v devboard that you can use with the soldering iron's CPU. So, there are reasons it has a CPU, but some would probably still prefer a regular dumb soldering iron.

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