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Smoke Up that Primo Mod

A project log for BRTRO-420 Better Blazin' Mod

Modify the BRTRO-420 reflow oven to have an Arduino based reflow firmware, serial interface and cold junction compensation.

bleckyBlecky 09/30/2019 at 11:520 Comments

Now to solder the board on. You want to join the existing leads to the new holes. This is made easier with a fine solder tip and feeding in the solder:

To check that pins have wetted, you can shine a light through the gaps in the PCB:

Et voilà:

Also, pop a jumper on the W1 pins near the existing MCU (or bridge them with solder); this is the DEBUG I/F pin. This places this MCU into serial bootloader mode (MD = 0, DEBUG I/F = 0) and effectively renders it inoperable.

New 5mm headers have been placed for the thermocouples. You could reuse the existing ones if you prefer.

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