[Dprglist] An alternative pencil soldering iron

Doug Emes dougemes at gmail.com
Sun Nov 21 10:15:23 PST 2021


I've been slightly jealous of Carl's TS100 soldering iron ever since I
saw it at an RBNO several years ago.
While watching youtube today, I came across a competitor that utilizes
a RISC-V instead of STM32 micro.
https://pine64.com/product/pinecil-smart-mini-portable-soldering-iron/

$25 bucks and basically does all the same things?  I know what I want
in my stocking this Christmas.

Youtube video (highly favorable review, no comment about if it was for
compensation or not)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-wo_al9QJU


Anyone have a strong reason why I shouldn't ask my sweet wife to get it for me?


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