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Ergonomics requirements #26

Closed dhprice closed 8 years ago

dhprice commented 8 years ago

A key requirement and an umbrella category.

From a discussion with Richard we should address the ergonomics requirements of the controller and especially the handset.

How do we capture and define the requirements for the handset, meaning the tip, handle and cable? These characteristics will determin how "nice"/comfortable the unit is to use over a period.

For example, the cable on my Antex is very irritating requiring me to spend too much effort to arrange and manage while soldering. This bears on the cable material (slicone ?), thickness, weight and length.

robot-army commented 8 years ago

Great, yep. This one is a tricky thing to capture. I think we should require the cable to be very flexible and heatproof, and we should have the base unit suitably heavy and sturdy, maybe that's a good start?

On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 5:30 AM, dhprice notifications@github.com wrote:

A key requirement and an umbrella category.

From a discussion with Richard I) we should address the ergonomics requirements of the controller and especially the handset.

How do we capture and define the requirements for the handset, meaning the tip, handle and cable? These characteristics will determin how "nice"/comfortable the unit is to use over a period.

For example, the cable on my Antex is very irritating requiring me to spend too much effort to arrange and manage while soldering. This bears on the cable material (slicone ?), thickness, weight and length.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/robot-army/hotstick/issues/26.

Remulos commented 8 years ago

This a requirement that could really benefit from a sort of show and tell of the soldering irons we have. It's hard to quantify ergonomics in a way that makes sense to everyone so I would suggest we try to gather an array of irons and physically try each of them out one night.

robot-army commented 8 years ago

Good idea, I'll bring my i-con pico. Maybe Bob Dunlop can bring one of the wellers from my old work, and I think there's a Hakko at the space already.

Maybe we can make this coincide with the requirements review, and do that in person/via webcast realtime.

On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Remulos notifications@github.com wrote:

This a requirement that could really benefit from a sort of show and tell of the soldering irons we have. It's hard to quantify ergonomics in a way that makes sense to everyone so I would suggest we try to gather an array of irons and physically try each of them out one night.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/robot-army/hotstick/issues/26#issuecomment-148305929.

Remulos commented 8 years ago

I'll bring my £40 Maplin iron as an example of what NOT to do.

jeremypoulter commented 8 years ago

I have a Hakko I can bring in. On 15 Oct 2015 00:45, "Remulos" notifications@github.com wrote:

I'll bring my £40 Maplin iron as an example of what NOT to do.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/robot-army/hotstick/issues/26#issuecomment-148307321.

dhprice commented 8 years ago

Duplicate as near as dammit the weller handset and cable in terms of dimensions, weight, flexibility of cable.

dhprice commented 8 years ago

Ergonomic requirements for the basestation is the rotary encoder with detents to change temperature etc quickly.

robot-army commented 8 years ago

Captured in other requirements (handle mass, cable flexibility and rotary encoder). Duplicate.