Reflowster - Soldering Controller for Surface Mount PCBs
A project in Palo Alto, CA by Team Reflowster000days
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An Arduino-compatible smart outlet designed to instantly turn your toaster oven into a reflow soldering station.
Backers: 192
Average Pledge Per Backer: $82
Funded: $15,674 of $10,000
Dates: Apr 2nd -> Apr 30th (28 days)
Project By: Team Reflowster
Backers: 192
Average Pledge Per Backer: $82
Funded: $15,674 of $10,000
Dates: Apr 2nd -> Apr 30th (28 days)
Project By: Team Reflowster
$15,674
current pledge level
Last Updated: April 30 @ 03:31 -0400 GMT
156%
of goal
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Latest News
The Final Countdown! 
April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
With a little more than two days left in our campaign, we'd like to tie up a few loose ends. First and foremost, we'd like to thank all of our backers for your wonderful support and extend a slightly shameless plug to have you once again share our... (Read More)
Working Hard
April 25th - via: kickstarter.com
In our last couple updates we've been talking about changing Reflowster's design a bit to make it more usable and to hopefully make it universally compatible with voltages all over the world. With your help, we've brainstormed a couple ways to make... (Read More)
We've hit our goal!
April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
You made this possible!Thanks to the support of this community, we just crossed the $10,000 threshold with time to spare. It looks like Reflowster is going to be a reality. We're cooking up a couple bonus features that we hope to add to... (Read More)
Considering the possibility of international compatibility
April 14th - via: kickstarter.com
It’s been a busy week here for us and while we don’t have anything set in stone to update you on, we have been considering some interesting options. As you probably know, our original design ran using a fixed linear power supply and would only... (Read More)
International shipping and alternative enclosure
April 9th - via: kickstarter.com
International Shipping We've added a new backing level! We've had a number of people interested in having Reflowster shipped to Canada. We've done our due diligence and figured out exactly what it will take and have added a new option for shipping... (Read More)
Reflowster Performance
April 4th - via: kickstarter.com
We've had some questions about what kind of performance you can expect from your Reflowster. There's a lot of experimentation left to do, but take at look at this plot that we collected yesterday. A typical reflow This temperature profile was... (Read More)
Multicolor Status LED
April 4th - via: kickstarter.com
One of the features that our prototype of Reflowster boasts is a WS2812 Neopixel status LED. For those of you unfamiliar, the neopixel is a RGB LED with a built in control mechanism that allows you set a full range of colors as the status. The status... (Read More)
32% backed in 24 hours
April 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Wow! We were pretty sure that you guys would like Reflowster, but we had no idea that we'd make so much progress on our funding goal so quickly! A huge thank you to all of our backers for your contributions. Before launch, we could never quite banish... (Read More)
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