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Open Source Soldering Iron firmware
https://ralim.github.io/IronOS/
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Why is IronOS not recommended for the TS100? #1369

Closed erantapaa closed 2 years ago

erantapaa commented 2 years ago

The front page README shows that IronOS is not recommended for the TS100.

I installed a version of the Ralim firmware a couple of years ago and have been using it since without any problems. Was I just lucky? Is there a version of the firmware that is recommended for the TS100, if not in this repository then perhaps somewhere else?

paulfertser commented 2 years ago

Hi,

On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 02:48:22PM -0700, Erik Rantapaa wrote:

The front page README shows that IronOS is not recommended for the TS100.

The README says that buying new TS100 units is not recommended because they have buggy "DFU" bootloader. If you already have a device and its bootloader works for you or if you can use SWD to reflash to a real proper DFU bootloader then it's not an issue.

Ralim commented 2 years ago

Yep as @paulfertser said, the TS100 and TS80 are no longer recommended to be purchased.

The software will still work fine, just getting it on the new devices with clone chips can be a real uphill battle. Given that other products exist that don't ship flawed bootloaders, they are the preference.

River-Mochi commented 2 years ago

you could buy a Pine64 Pinecil as that is designed to use IronOS open source firmware and therefore Pine64 works with Ralim to make sure his firmware will work on the Iron.

The TS100 irons come with their own firmware from Miniware company.
Loading free IronOS is optional thing people do because they like IronOS features better. However, Miniware does not check in with Ralim's IronOS or care if their product will work with IRonOS when they sell it. They sell it to work with their Proprietary firmware.

River-Mochi commented 2 years ago

" Please note that Miniware started shipping TS100's using cloned STM32 Chips. While these do work with IronOS, their DFU bootloader works terribly, and it is hard to get it to successfully flash larger firmware images like IronOS without timing out. This is the main reason why the TS100 is no longer recommended."

erantapaa commented 2 years ago

Ok, thanks for the clarification!