Cheapest Hotplate with a Display? testing and Teardown

[@ovalwingnut]

~$15 shipped to Calif. Thank you for the tip! (Ironically that's the same thing the doctor said after my circumcision. I may have shared to much. Please disregard)

[@OgbondSandvol]

Uncle's joke, Jewish version. ;-)

[@Hasitier]

I got one of those a while ago. Works fine for small projects and is definitely worth the money.

[@aspzx]

I got one of these for £10 shipped. It worked great reflowing a PCB with low-temp solder paste. I haven't tried to use it to do any de-soldering of high-temp lead-free solder but I think it would work fine for that too. For the price you really can't go wrong. Just don't throw away the manual as it's pretty hard to use without it.

[@thelaughingman3443]

Do you happen to have the listed name and description for it

[@aspzx]

@@thelaughingman3443 the listing I ordered from has it listed as "G3061 PD65W Mini hot plate..." It looks like it's still available. I would link it but KZbin doesn't like URLs in comments.

[@aspzx]

@@thelaughingman3443 I ordered it from AliExpress

[@os_7446]

The similar "MECHANIC IX5 Ultra" has metal fittings to secure the board. This allows heat to be transferred evenly and the board is fixed in place, making it easy to move components.

[@OMNI_INFINITY]

Pogo pin part is cool. Thanks.

[@mvadu]

I should have waited for this one instead of the mhp30 which I bought for any occasion where you need a small heat plate, but never really used it.. For my needs this would be perfect.

[@AgentDexter47]

There is now MHP50

[@imjinaah]

OMG this will be a game changer for my gameboy cart repairs!

[@PopeLeo]

Cool! Bought one to work on Gameboy Color cartridge PCBs, looks like the perfect size, got it for £6 on Aliexpress which is insane

[@VirtuaVillain]

Did work out for you and taking off parts from the GBC? wondering if it gets hot enough

[@PopeLeo]

@ the issue is often that it has components on both sides of the board, the carts have everything only on one side so it’s easy

[@VirtuaVillain]

@@PopeLeo That's true. I think the areas I need it for should be okay. Good to know it gets hot enough. Thanks!

[@PopeLeo]

@@VirtuaVillain I find I only need it on 170C to melt the solder on GB cartridges

[@VirtuaVillain]

@@PopeLeo Appreciate the info, even if it doesn't work out for the GBC mainboard I'm sure I could use it for some other project. Cheers👍

[@luckywetland]

Thanks man, I just ordered mine. Can't wait to get my hands on it.

[@IndianTinker]

Nice! Is it possible to program some reflow curves there? Also curious, What kind of camera/recording setup are you using?

[@atc1441]

With a custom firmware curves would be possible. The camera is just a Samsung S22 Ultra laying on a light

[@JG-mz7hg]

No in the current state. But community firmware or PCB is just a matter of time :)

[@dzidmail]

It's a shame it seems it can't be programmed from the USB-C. They should havr put tx, rx on SBU pins and not behind 12 screws. :)

[@Unscientifically]

whats the max temp on this? Have you been able to remove parts from pcbs with large ground planes? For the price and what it can do seems very nice. Is there a github or a link to where you can find the specs? Maybe the 3d file for the case if you wanted to print it in a different color.

[@AviatorXD]

For me its 14 euros with free shipping currently which is really damn cool for something like this. Im probably going to order one in the near future.

[@curtisnewton895]

what about reflow curves ? programs ?

[@tootzreyes]

Does that small heat plate (6x6 cm in white) work on USB 5v?

[@tomatos666]

Hello, the temperature sensor in my device came loose, which I have repaired. However, the springs of the contact pins broke after about 3 hours of use at 150°C. Unfortunately, there was a short circuit in the connection to the heating plate. Now the display only shows 5V instead of 20V, and only if the power supply plug is in a specific position. Is the issue likely with the power supply or the heating plate?

[@dennisholder7517]

is it possible to read the firmware from this microcontroller? if so, what is needed for this?

[@arun.sekher]

Good thing that the electrolytic capacitor didn’t pop and launch itself right at the camera when you pulled it off the PCB and tossed it onto the hotplate! That could've been a real electrifying fireworks show! ⚛

[@robertnotfound]

Thank you for the video! I didn't imagine this beeing this small, i wonder how small is the more expensive one. I would like to recreate this plate and add some leds and more settings but i cannot find a schematic:)))

[@kritikusi-666]

good find. There is an open source one also. Forget the name. It has a bigger plate.

[@pettypavlow8330]

Where? Can you give me the link?

[@stefa168]

Do you have a link?

[@AkosLukacs42]

Which one?

[@dzidmail]

It doesn’t have bigger plate and is probably not worth the hassle. Google the thing, links dont work here.

[@rickydeldo8596]

Ain't 220C a lil bit to low temperature for reworking? I would think about 300C will do the trick even on unlead solder.

[@gizmoguyar]

220 is perfect. 300 will damage many parts.

[@Doyle69]

Just picked one up from Ali on offer for £6 Would like to see If I can increase plate size etc, why not for the price its at for the moment :)

[@SelvaRajagopal-d6h]

Power supply and power code are included or separate to buy

[@atc1441]

They are not included

[@Justdigit2]

Can you tell something about the PID menu??

[@martinhlupik1922]

I bought one. What are you using for power suppply? I used 5v but temperature stopped at 66 degrees after 1 hour of heating. The current drawn is 0,8A Did I something wrong?

[@atc1441]

You need a 65W USB C PD power supply. Like as for a Laptop

[@muctop17]

What's the heating element? Just some resistive PCB?

[@atc1441]

Yes some Aluminium Heating PCB

[@andrewFJ]

Will it work on a 6-layer PCB?

[@negvorsa]

Oled screen maybe better mounted at least inclined...

[@patric8283]

Nice device but mine keeps resetting 🙁

[@atc1441]

Sounds like your powersupply is not giving enough current

[@patric8283]

@@atc1441 Indeed it was an issue when powering it from my monitor

[@davidbolha]

You need a 65 W PD adapter (20.0 V, 3.25 A) - with a USB type-C plug.

[@KH-bf3km]

Why was my comment deleted? I shared the orinal open source one to you guys.

[@atc1441]

Did not delete anything :) . Maybe recomment but with some space between .com in the link!?

[@KH-bf3km]

I tried many times... even not mentioned any website 😣@@atc1441

[@MrNoipe]

KZbin has an overzealous spam filter.

[@darknessblades]

May be youtube disliking links.

[@mark.birss_1]

Got mine a good while ago, but one of the buttons is broken so cant make use of it

[@cognetic]

You need another mini hot plate, to repair your mini hot plate. 😜

[@dzidmail]

Mine was stuck too. I removed same switch from Wemos D1 mini using hot air.

[@wtsuser]

How do i power it without buying a 65W USB C charger thats more expensive than the thing?

[@atc1441]

Newer Laptops are charged via USB-C so thats my source of cheap power supplies

[@kchiem]

Amazon has 65w USB-C GaN chargers for $10

[@swapandutta658]

Very nice ❤️❤️❤️🌹

[@Cassandra_Johnson]

I'm actually a little impressed.

[@user-jp1qt8ut3s]

Grappig 😊