PINECIL – Smart Mini Portable Soldering Iron (Version 2)
PINECIL – Smart Mini Portable Soldering Iron (Version 2)
Description
The Pinecil is a smart mini portable soldering iron with a 32-bit RISC-V SoC featuring a sleek design, auto standby and it heats up to an operating temperature in just 6 seconds!
- Dual power input design: 1) USB-C supports both PD and QC 3.0 and; 2) DC5525 barrel DC jack.
- Speedy Rapid Warmup: Reaches operating temperature in 6 seconds. Support for on-demand rapid boost feature.
- Adjustable soldering tip temperature which can be set between 100° C and 400° C using the adjustment buttons and an easy-to-read OLED display.
- Portable: it features a sleek and slim design, comprised of an SAE 304 stainless steel core housed inside a polycarbonate shell.
- Auto standby mode engages when it is not in use ensuring the user safety.
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PACKAGE
- Dimensions: 15cm x 9cm x 2.2cm
- Weight: 80 grams
BODY
- Dimensions: 155mm with solder tip / 103mm without solder tip x 12.8mm x 16.2mm
- Weight: 28g with solder tip / 18g without solder tip
- Build: Plastic with metal clip (Handle)
- Color: Black (case)/ Green (Sleeve)
PLATFORM
- OS: Ralim’s IronOS build
- Chipset: Bouffalo BL-706
- CPU: 32-bit RV32IMAFC RISC-V “SiFive E24 Core” @ 144 MHz
DISPLAY
- Type: OLED White Colour Monochrome Display
- Size: 0.69 inches
- Resolution: 96x16pixels
MEMORY
- Internal Flash Memory: 192KB
- System Memory: 132KB SRAM
- Expansion: None
POWER PORTS
- USB type C: PD and QC 3.0 12V-20V 3A
- Barrel Jack: DC5525, 12V-24V DC 3A
TIP
- Type B2
- Length: 86mm
- Weight: 8.2g
FEATURES
- Capable received power from either USB-C port or barrel jack.
- GPIO break-out thru USB-C port
CERTIFICATION
- FCC
- CE RED
- ROHS
PACKAGE CONTENTS
- Pinecil Soldering Iron version 2
- ST (Short Tip)-B2 Soldering Tip
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A brief review based on a quick use. It heats up really fast and copes well with smaller soldering jobs. This is what I bought it for plus to mount in the VLMP I plan to build for setting heat inserts.
I love this thing, heats up super fast, very accurate and fast tempreature readout, USB C powered.
It seems to perform about the same or slightly better than my Hakko 888D.
One minor issue so far is the ergoonmics aren't amazing so if you using it for a long time you might get some RSI or cramp issues. I bet you could 3d print a better handle for it though.
Also the interface is a little annoying to naviagte, but manageable.
For the price, I'm impressed. Particularly if you already have a high enough wattage USB PD power supply, it needs a 65 watts (make sure that's 65 watts for one port, some of the cheaper ones are labelled 65w but that's a total power for all the ports, not just one port.)