Tag: Hakko

Voltlog #234 – The Problems I Found With The KSGER T12 Soldering Station

In a previous Voltlog I reviewed this KSGER T12 soldering station, it was the first station I got my hands on from this manufacturer, it’s version 2.1S and I was pleasantly surprised by the features it has. If you haven’t seen that video I will link it on screen right now. Since then I’ve been using it as my main soldering station and I’ve been pretty happy with how it works but some of my viewers who have been using these for longer have pointed out a few things I missed in the video so this will be a quick update video to show the things I’ve missed previously.

Voltlog #232 – My New Prefered T12 Soldering Station KSGER V2.1S

Out of the three T12 stations that I have, this is now my favorite and will be the one I use daily. I’m not sure if the performance is higher or similar to the other I have, I’ll probably do a separate video to compare them but it’s just the user interface, the menu options, the nice handle that make me wanna use this instead of the others. Yes it has a few disadvantages regarding this handle, it does get warm and it doesn’t really fit that well with a regular stand but I can go past those disadvantages for how nice this station is. If you’re looking for a T12 station this is definitely the one to get.

I also did a second video where I showed the problems I found with this soldering station and if they can be fixed by the user or not.

 

Voltlog #85 – STM32 OLED T12 Soldering Station

Today we are taking a look at this soldering station which I got from Taobao (Chinese Ebay). This unit is fully contained, power supply is built-in, it works with T12 Hakko tips and it has a nice 1.3 inch OLED display. It’s powered by the STM32 microcontroller which should make it easy to hack if anyone is interested.

Here are links to the items shown in the video:

Voltlog #60 – InTheMail

Welcome to a new InTheMail video where I show you everything I purchase electronics related.

A list of items appearing in this video:

  • 0:10 Hakko A1321 ceramic heating element
  • 4:30 Soldering iron soft metallic cleaning sponge
  • 5:25 Alcohol plastic container 200ml
  • 6:00 Antistatic ESD working gloves
  • 7:21 Star shaped led aluminium pcb base
  • 8:00 Cree XTE White LED
  • 9:33 Pentalobe 0.8mm screwdriver
  • 10:25 Excellway CH2 Quick Wire Connector
  • 11:30 M3 x 25mm black countersunk hex screw
  • 12:27 High voltage 3V to 7KV boost module
  • 14:32 1W 350mA led driver with pwm control
  • 16:38 DHT11 humidity and temperature sensor
  • 17:23 Bi-directional 4 line level converter module

VoltLog #25 – How to Salvage Electronic Components For Reuse

In this video I am showing various techniques I use for desoldering and salvaging  electronic components like: inductors, tantalum capacitors, connectors, ceramic capacitors, op-amps, comparators, switches, battery connectors, dc jacks, mosfets, fuses and ferrite beads from old motherboards.

I am also taking a look at some laptop optical drivers and lcd pannels to see if there is anything usefull we can save before taking them to the recycling bin.

Here are links to some tools you can use for desoldering jobs: