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

    Smart soldering irons have been around a while, so yes. It is now like a PC and specs matter a little.

    One advantage smart irons have is being able to give you a readout of the exact temp of the tip of your soldering iron, something a traditional iron cannot do.

    It also needs chips and sensors to do things like auto-off when it is set down.

    So the quality and speed of chips affects performance.

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      12 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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        11 days ago

        don’t recall it having a cpu

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

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        12 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.