Ben's Wearable Solder Gauntlet Part 1 Episode -- Episode 139

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Wearables are all the rage and Ben decides to get in on the action. He sets out to create the ultimate in wearables for engineers - solder gauntlets! Ben plans to build a gauntlet for each hand. One will have a retractable soldering iron and the other will have a motorized solder dispenser. In today's episode, Ben gets the soldering iron gauntlet working.

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makerkaren over 9 years ago +1

A photo of the dev board that Ben uses for this project was requested, so here it is. Ben designed this himself. He and Felix recently redesigned it and will be ordering new boards soon. If there is enough…

makerkaren over 9 years ago

A photo of the dev board that Ben uses for this project was requested, so here it is. Ben designed this himself. He and Felix recently redesigned it and will be ordering new boards soon. If there is enough interest, Ben said he could provide the PCB on his website for about $10.
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clem57 over 9 years ago in reply to Former Member

Arduino Uno. Oh that was a home built avr like ATmega328p based.
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Former Member over 9 years ago

Does anyone know what kind of avr dev board is it?
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