Drive a single Weller eg. RT1 tip

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Drive a single Weller eg. RT1 tip #6

Closed robot-army closed 8 years ago

robot-army commented 8 years ago

Need more detail here: Current, voltage, connector and other physical interface details

daubers commented 8 years ago

I can't actually find anything about an RP1 tip???

ribbotson commented 8 years ago

Shouldn't this be an RT1 tip ?

robot-army commented 8 years ago

Must be a typo! Sorry!

http://www.apexhandtools.com/weller/PDFs/Weller%20WX%20brochure%20US.pdf lists all the tips available for WXMP irons.

On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 6:47 PM, ribbotson notifications@github.com wrote:

Shouldn't this be an RT1 tip ?

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plett commented 8 years ago

http://dangerousprototypes.com/2012/02/27/weller-rt-type-tip-teardown-and-reverse-engineering/ (and http://dangerousprototypes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=3583 ) documents a teardown on a RT1 tip.

It apparently uses a 3-pin stereo headphone jack (unclear if 2.5mm or 3.5mm) for +v, GND and temp sense, with a k-type thermocouple which you read when power isn't being applied.

robot-army commented 8 years ago

The system needs to be able to drive these tips at the maximum power.