Comment on I can now save my game in Pokemon Yellow again after 25 years.
early_riser@lemmy.world 1 week agoSeems a bit over-engineered to me. Why would a soldering iron need a CPU?
Comment on I can now save my game in Pokemon Yellow again after 25 years.
early_riser@lemmy.world 1 week agoSeems a bit over-engineered to me. Why would a soldering iron need a CPU?
osbo9991@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Maybe, but it is pretty affordable (~$26 USD), the hardware and software is open source, and it is very portable due to the lack of a soldering station. It is also temp adjustable and has features like temp boost for heat sucking components like ground planes. For nerds, they have a risc-v devboard that you can use with the soldering iron’s CPU. So, there are reasons it has a CPU, but some would probably still prefer a regular dumb soldering iron.