T12 Soldering Station - STM32 / 1.3" OLED / V2.1S / Intelligent Edition

This is the model I finally chose to buy for a Soldering Station after a relatively extensive search and comparison of options. And I'm very happy I did so..

This is the one I got.

Being able to somehow adjust the temperature of the Soldering Iron is probably the most important thing. You can't use the same 'set up' to solder SMD components and the terminal of a helicopter's Li-Po battery..
For most of the years so far, I was using a top quality ANTEX iron connected through a circuit, found in an ELEKTOR magazine, about 25 years ago. And I was pretty happy with that, until I broke my last tip. The cost to buy a new one was more than double of that of a cheap Chinese Hakko clone.

Very good quality of all the components.

The power supply has proper isolation from the mains. All the materials and components are of above average qualiy.

The socket at the back includes the fuse and a lighted switch.

The anodisation of the body looks good and durable. Everything fits perfectly.

There is a piece of dark plastic (PlexiGlass?) that fits in the front panel. It acts as a filter for the display and gives a depth to it. I like that the display is not directly exposed. It is a quite easy to scratch and very very snug to fit in the front panel. I actually like the snug fit because you don't have to add glue or anything.
It even fits perfectly on top of the ATTEN 858D :)

Menu & Intelligent part

This station can actually work with any soldering iron you connect.
It will auto-detect what type of thermocouple the iron uses.
It will use the vibration switch to go into sleep mode when not in use, but it will still use timer if there is no such a switch.


more information on these features and schematics, coming soon...