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Solder Station Plus

temperature control and DVM in one unit

Published in issue 395, November 2009

Solder Station Plus
This article describes a low-cost energy controller for a standard 12 V 30 W soldering iron. A PIC18F4520 delivers a controlled pulsewidth modulated energy supply to the soldering iron. In addition the unit functions as a two-input digital voltmeter.

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Suitable for use with 12 V / 30 W (max.) soldering irons.
Temperature control using PWM.
Power supplied from a low-cost 12 V /3.33 A mains adapter.
Two DC voltage measurement inputs.
Measurement ranges: 0 to 10 V (channel 1), 0 to 40 V (channel 2)
Displays supply voltage.
Microcontroller PIC18F4520 with flash memory
LC display 2 lines of 24 characters (with HD44780 controller)
Software calibration of measurement channels.

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Magazine November 2009
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090022-1
 

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Please note. In view of the complexity of international markets, Elektor cannot guarantee the availability of components for this project.

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