[Beijinger]

I hated it too because I had a shitty soldering iron. Could have used a ironing iron instead, so shitty was it.

Use this, stop complaining: https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/07/29/pinecil-v2-soldering...

Pinecil RISC-V soldering iron with the Pinecil V2 featuring a new Bouffalo Lab BL706 RISC-V microcontroller with Bluetooth LE connectivity, optimizations for higher power levels, as well as tentative support for the new USB PD EPR standard (Extended Power Range) working at up to 28V.

[Beijinger]

26 USD: https://pine64.com/product/pinecil-smart-mini-portable-solde...

It runs IronOS - Open Source Flexible Firmware for Soldering Hardware

https://github.com/Ralim/IronOS

[Tade0]

I picked up soldering around the time lead-free solder started being required in the EU, so imagine my frustration when suddenly stuff stopped unsoldering like it should.

Of course a lot of electronics were compliant before 2006, but that point in time marked the moment when even the most suspicious dropshipped Chinese items had to use it and suddenly you needed way more heat to do the same things.

[arionmiles]

they put RISC-V in a soldering iron?

[ssl-3]

Sure, why not?

It's OK to have fun with tools.

[arionmiles]

I was going for a "they performed surgery on a grape" thing but it seems I missed the mark

[Beijinger]

No shit. And an Open OS. It works great.