• BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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    7 days ago

    Sounds like marketing foo.

    I have a 10+ year old Weller station with digital temp adjustment, and I don’t recall it having a cpu and ram.

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      7 days ago

      don’t recall it having a cpu

      So, what’s updating the display? Power supply imps?

    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 days ago

      If it has digital temperature control then it has something resembling a CPU and memory. If it’s analog then it’s probably just not that accurate and will drift over time without manual calibration.

      I have a pinecil and direct heat soldering irons blow away non direct heat irons like your weller (and I think this ifixit one). Once you switch you never want to go back. Which is really disappointing because I don’t think this new ifix it one is.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 days ago

      digital temp adjustment

      Digital temp adjustment is different than a sensor that tells you the exact temp at the tip.

      Pretty sure any 10+ year old unit is just setting a temp, not telling you the actual temp through a measurement.