[Gllug] Linux weather station!

[Christopher Hunter]

On Sun, 2010-02-21 at 14:54 +0000, Benjamin Donnachie wrote:
> [Soldering]
> 
> Ah...  quite probably hit the nail on the head; I've got an ancient
> cheapo soldering iron that came from Maplin, generally only clean the
> bit and decided to try non-lead solder!  Probably too late to save the
> latest project I killed, but I'll certainly invest in a better
> soldering iron in the future, make sure I clean /everything/ and use
> the lead stuff!
> 
> Hoping to get away without soldering the 1-wire ICs.
> 
> Ben

Here's a couple of soldering irons to get you going.  The first is a
cheap, mains powered job which is OK if you're just throwing something
together quickly:

http://cpc.farnell.com/antex/s582470/model-xs-25-soldering-iron/dp/AN00011

It's OK (and pretty cheap), but a better option is:

http://cpc.farnell.com/duratool/d00675/soldering-station-uk-plug/dp/SD01387

...which is a proper, temperature-controlled unit.  I've got two of
these here, with a selection of bits, and they work well.

Hope this helps

Chris



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