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iFixit wants to fix the soldering iron (www.engadget.com)
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[–] mbirth@lemmy.ml 17 points 11 months ago (16 children)

Since the Pinecil is running IronOS, it’s just a matter of time for it to also get the fall detection. And apart from the LED ring gimmick, I don’t see any huge advantages over IronOS.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

I personally see the PD for USB-C being 100W is a significant advantage as the Pinecil tops at 60W from USB-C and you have to search for a traditional barrel-plug power cord to get it to max out at 88W.

100W through USB-C and not even having a different power option seems pretty useful to me. *shrugs

[–] JiveTurkey@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I regularly power both my ts100 and Pinecil with a Milwaukee M18 battery and the barrel connector this is super convenient. The display is also convenient. The fact that you need the battery to set the temp seems numb and completely negates the USBC convenience because it means you can't use any old USBC power source and still change the temperature. The 100w is also pointless because the other two options already heat incredibly fast and have a higher max temperature.

[–] pipe01@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Apparently you can connect the thing to a PC and change the temperature that way

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

What's wrong with buttons on the device?

[–] Piece_Maker@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago

You can do that with a Pinecil too, there is a web-bluetooth frontend available for the V2 (the V1 doesn't have Bluetooth).

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