by KenArton » Tue Sep 08, 2015 10:53 am
I have built the Solder Station, using pre-programmed uP from Elektor,
and can assure you that the setup temperature is stored -- on next switch-on
it comes up with the perviously set temperature. But you are right, the
firmware 1.1 has no code for storing and retrieving the temperature.
So I think the answer is that the v1.1 firmware is not up-to-date. If you are
planning to program the uP yourself you need to get hold of a newer revision
of the firmware. From contact with Elektor I think version 1.4 is what
you need, but I cannot find it anywhere on their website, and am presently
waiting for a response to my own post, "Problem with Platino SMD Solder Station".
Note also the problem I describe with pre-programmed uP not implementing
the bit-saving feature of reducing temperature after 15 minutes.
If you do intend to program the uP yourself, and succeed, I would be very
grateful if you can outline how to do this, as I'd like to try some code
modifications myself. With v1.1 and the Arduino IDE, I cannot even get it
to compile properly.
Ken.