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Crowd Funding Campaign finally went live – yeay (“,)

 Hello everyone I finally managed to get everything in order and launched my crowd funding campaign. So if your interested in a Reflow Master Shield, go check it out. Click on the campaign card below to be redirected to the

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Good news – Firmware issues resolved

Hello Everyone I know that it has been a while again. My apologies for the delayed post. There were some glitches in the firmware which I’ve discovered and I had to resolve these over the past month and a bit.

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Some stuff has arrived (“,)

Hello everyone So as I’ve mentioned, I’m currently focusing on getting the shield version of the reflow oven controller going before I’m off to Canada. I’ve collected the PCBs I had made on Friday and I’ve received the displays today.

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Fine Tuning of Reflow Soldering

Hello everyone Things seem to be speeding up on this side. I had a bit of time to test the reflow oven again over this weekend after creating some new test boards in the week. So first things first, I

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Reflow Oven Finally in action!!!

I’ve promised that I would share the video showing the reflow process in action. I’ve compiled it yesterday and finished it today so here it is, enjoy. I will be making some more test boards to fine tune the process

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Testing Phase 1 – With limited time

Ok so the cover photo of this post is a bit strange given that the blog is about electronics and I’m from South Africa. The reason for it is that I’m going to move to Canada within the next few

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Getting closer to the finish line

Hello Everyone Time just goes by way to fast, or maybe I just don’t have enough 😉 The past month I’ve been busy with redesigning the PCB to fit into an enclosure. I then designed one to fit the bill.

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Finalized Firmware – YEAH (“,)

Hello Everyone It’s been a month again, wow. In any case, in the past month I was able to complete my firmware and it seems to be working correctly. Below is a video demoing the firmware for you on Youtube.

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Temperature Calibration Resolved

Hello Everyone Its been a while again since my last post, but I’ve been a bit busy and preoccupied with various other things as well. Luckily I have some good news at least regarding the temperature measurement of the unit. I

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Solder Reflow Oven Shield Hardware Solved!

So when I finished with my hardware post previously I didn’t get the unit to work properly. The relays were working correctly but the temperature measurement wasn’t working correctly. I got weird values from the thermocouple conditioner and whether I

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