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YOUYUE 858D+ hotair station — reverse engineering #3

Posted on November 29, 2013 by robert

After tweaking some control loop parameters and adding a hard-limit for the temperature (heater cut-off + resetting the error term, effectively restarting the loop), the massive temperature overshoots are a thing of the past. I declare this a success. “Some … Continue reading →

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YOUYUE 858D+ hotair station — reverse engineering #2

Posted on November 28, 2013 by robert

In part one I dealt with the very basics: fan control, buttons and the display. Now it is time to attack the business end of this device! Safety warning / disclaimer: Please understand that operating a device powered by line-voltage, … Continue reading →

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Small project #3 — IR controlled MOSFET with PWM

Posted on February 16, 2013 by robert

Want one? Check out tindie.com This little thing is a variation of a previous project, but now with a majority of the parts in SMD packages. Needles to say it is also a lot smaller. The 2nd biggest difference is … Continue reading →

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Adding IR remote control

Posted on March 20, 2012 by robert

Recently I bought a small IR remote control + matching (38kHz) demodulating receiver at Adafruit. I just couldn’t find such a small remote over here. As it turns out the remote uses the extended NEC data format, which is nicely … Continue reading →

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