{"id":1823,"date":"2009-05-18T08:16:21","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T15:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=1823"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:11:07","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:11:07","slug":"keiths-hotplate-and-pid-controller-teardown-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/keiths-hotplate-and-pid-controller-teardown-pics\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith&#8217;s Hotplate and PID Controller Teardown Pics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.neufeld.newton.ks.us\/electronics\/?p=537\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.neufeld.newton.ks.us\/electronics\/?p=537\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.neufeld.newton.ks.us\/images\/electronics\/2009\/05\/03\/DSCN3673_mid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keith of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neufeld.newton.ks.us\">Keith&#8217;s Electronics Blog<\/a> made a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neufeld.newton.ks.us\/electronics\/?p=537\/\">PID-Controlled Soldering Hotplate<\/a> based on <a href=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/diy-pid-controlled-soldering-hotplate\/\">the one I fabricated<\/a> earlier this year.\u00a0 He&#8217;s already using it to build the stepper controller PCB for the <a href=\"http:\/\/store.makerbot.com\/cupcake-cnc.html\">MakerBot CupCake CNC<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>He also posted a bunch of teardown photos (like the one shown below) of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sureelectronics.net\/goods.php?id=421\">CD101 PID Controller<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sureelectronics.net\">Sure Electronics<\/a>.\u00a0 I suspect the CD101 is a cheap knockoff of an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rkcinst-usa.com\/\">RKC<\/a> PID controller since I can&#8217;t find the part number on RKC&#8217;s website, even though the front panel clearly says RKC on it.\u00a0 I guess at $40 you can&#8217;t ask too many questions, the price is right&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.neufeld.newton.ks.us\/electronics\/?p=537\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.neufeld.newton.ks.us\/images\/electronics\/2009\/05\/03\/DSCN3637_mid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"311\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.neufeld.newton.ks.us\/electronics\/?p=537\">Copycat PID-Controlled Solder Hotplate \u00ab Keith\u2019s Electronics Blog.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keith of Keith&#8217;s Electronics Blog made a PID-Controlled Soldering Hotplate based on the one I fabricated earlier this year.\u00a0 He&#8217;s already using it to build the stepper controller PCB for the MakerBot CupCake CNC! He also posted a bunch of teardown photos (like the one shown below) of the CD101 PID Controller from Sure Electronics.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/keiths-hotplate-and-pid-controller-teardown-pics\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Keith&#8217;s Hotplate and PID Controller Teardown Pics<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[36,147,20,148],"class_list":["post-1823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronics","tag-diy","tag-hotplate","tag-pid","tag-soldering"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-tp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1010,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/diy-pid-controlled-soldering-hotplate\/","url_meta":{"origin":1823,"position":0},"title":"DIY PID Controlled Soldering Hotplate","author":"Jeff","date":"January 17, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"In preparation for my Arduino-based AVR HV Programmer boards coming back, I decided to step up my home lab surface mount soldering capabilities. 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Aside from the incomplete documentation that is shipped with the unit, I'm pretty happy with this controller. I'm planning to use it to replace the failed PID controller that controls my soldering hotplate. I am having one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Projects&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Projects","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/projects-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=mightyohm-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003ZSHNGS","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3410,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/changes-to-the-mightyohm-wiki\/","url_meta":{"origin":1823,"position":2},"title":"Changes to the MightyOhm Wiki","author":"Jeff","date":"December 11, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been making some changes and additions to the MightyOhm Wiki over the past few days. 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Tony is building a home wirebonding station so he can work with microwave MMICs and build very high frequency amateur radio transceivers. Nice job, Tony!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Electronics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Electronics","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/electronics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instructables.com\/files\/deriv\/FNP\/PMNT\/FQCTITAT\/FNPPMNTFQCTITAT.MEDIUM.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2079,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/celebrating-one-year-of-hacks-and-projects-at-mightyohm-com\/","url_meta":{"origin":1823,"position":5},"title":"Celebrating one year of hacks and projects at mightyohm.com!","author":"Jeff","date":"July 20, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Wow!\u00a0 I can't believe it's been a year! Based on the date of my first post, last Wednesday marked the one year anniversary of my blog. 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