Soldering system with indicator lights displaying system status
AssigneeHakko Corporation
InventorsYokoyama Tetuo, Ishihara Toshinobu
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Abstract
A soldering station with indicator lights to display system status is provided. The soldering station comprising a power supply and a control board coupled to the power supply. The control board is operable to adjust output of the power supply. The soldering station further comprises a card reader coupled to the control board. The card reader receives a control card from a user. The control card allows the user to change the settings of the soldering station. The soldering station also includes a plurality of indicator lights. The plurality if indicator lights illuminate in patterns that are indicative of the status of the soldering station.
Claims45
A soldering system comprising:
- at least one soldering iron having a soldering tip;
- a soldering station coupled to the soldering iron by a power cable, the soldering station comprising:
- a power supply operable to generate variable levels of power to heat the soldering tip to a desired temperature;
- and
- a plurality of indicator lights synchronized with respect to each other to illuminate in a predetermined pattern indicative of system status.
A soldering station comprising:
- a power supply;
- a control board coupled to the power supply, the control board operable to adjust the power supply output;
- a card reader coupled to the control board, the card reader operable to receive a control card to allow a user to change the settings of the soldering station;
- and
- a plurality of indicator lights, the plurality of indicator lights synchronized with respect to each other to illuminate in a predetermined pattern indicative of the status of the soldering station.
A soldering station comprising:
- a control board operatively couplable to a power supply, the control board operable to adjust the power output from the power supply;
- and
- a plurality of indicator lights synchronized with respect to each other, the control board communicably coupled to the plurality of indicator lights to illuminate the plurality of indicator lights in a predetermined pattern indicative of status of the soldering station.
A soldering system including:
- at least one soldering iron having a soldering tip;
- and
- a soldering station coupled to the soldering iron, the soldering station comprising:
- a control board operatively couplable to a power supply, the control board operable to adjust the power output from the power supply to heat the soldering tip to a temperature setting;
- and
- a plurality of indicator lights, each of the plurality of indicator lights representing a different temperature setting, the control board communicably coupled to the plurality of indicator lights to illuminate one of the plurality of indicator lights that is indicative of the temperature setting.
A soldering station comprising:
- a soldering station housing having an indicator panel;
- the housing being operatively connectable to a soldering iron having a soldering iron tip;
- an arrangement of indicator lights at the panel;
- at least two of the lights being operable in at least two of “off,” “blinking” and “steady-on” alternative states;
- at least one of the lights being operable in “off,” “blinking” and “steady-on” alternative states;
- the lights in the arrangement forming a plurality of different alternative lighting patterns by their individual states;
- a first one of the lighting patterns indicating a first temperature of the tip when the housing is operatively connected to the soldering iron;
- and
- a second one of the lighting patterns indicating a second temperature of the tip when the housing is operatively connected to the soldering iron.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.