Anyone looking for a cheap SMD reflow soldering oven? http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4230302.htm Get one of these, a solid-state relay, thermocouple and a PID controller and you're basically sorted. Or you can do it the same way Kenneth Maxon (ref: Seattle Robotics "Encoder" magazine) did and just use the dial on the oven. Or even build your own temperature controller out of a PIC micro and a Maxim MAX6675 thermocouple interface chip... Temperature goes up to ~350C in a minute or so with no trouble (despite the thermostat being set to 250C) and cools down to 50C almost as quickly when you kill the power to the heating elements. Also warms the room up quite nicely (it could probably do with a bit of insulation around the oven). Of course, I bought mine when they were £60, now they're only £30... such is life. -- Phil. ygroups@... http://www.philpem.me.uk/
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Cheap SMD oven, anyone?
2010-03-11 by Philip Pemberton