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== Status ==
== Status ==
Oven has been acquired. It is a cheap 1kW Everglades toaster oven and has been able to do very crude reflow.
<!--Oven has been acquired. It is a cheap 1kW Everglades toaster oven and has been able to do very crude reflow.
A prototype for the controller has been built and successfully measures temperature. I (smeding) am currently hammering out the PID loop to keep it at a fixed temperature. After that, all it needs is a little bit of UI and we should be good to go.
A prototype for the controller has been built and successfully measures temperature. I (smeding) am currently hammering out the PID loop to keep it at a fixed temperature. After that, all it needs is a little bit of UI and we should be good to go.-->

Revision as of 19:26, 30 June 2015

Project Reflow Oven
Status In progress
Contact User:Crashjuh, smeding, robv
Last Update 2015-06-30

Because modern electronics components are tending more and more towards becoming SMD-only, and because the associated size reduction can also be very useful for space projects, we need a reflow oven.

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