TS100 Soldering Iron

A compact, super lightweight 65W smart soldering iron with precise temperature control and open-source firmware.

The budget friendly TS100 has become a firm favourite in the maker community - it's perfect for a first soldering iron or if you're looking to swap your old iron for a shiny new temperature controlled model. It's lightweight, suitable for a variety of hand sizes and great for manoeuvring around pins and into tricky crevices. There's an OLED display and buttons built into the handle so that you can easily make adjustments to the temperature, plus an auto sleep mode and built in overheat detection. You can connect it to a computer with a micro USB cable if you want to tinker with the firmware.

It comes with a B2 (pencil shaped) tip - we also sell replacement TS100 tips in a variety of sizes.

The TS100 doesn't ship with a power adaptor/cable - you'll need a 12-24V supply with a 5.5mm barrel jack (old laptop/netbook power supplies are ideal). Using a 24V power supply will get you access to that sweet 65W, letting your soldering iron get up to temperature in around 11 seconds. Wowzers!

Alternatively, if you'd like to upgrade your TS100 so it can be powered with PD-capable USB-C power supplies and power banks check out the TS100 Flex-C-Friend made by our pal Brian.

Specifications

  • STM32 microcontroller, programmable via micro USB (USB cable not included).
  • Dual temperature sensors
  • OLED screen
  • DC5525 barrel jack connector for power (12-24V, 5.5mm outer diameter, 2.5mm inner diameter, centre positive).
  • Power - 65W (with a 24V power supply)
  • Temperature stability - ±2%
  • Soldering tip resistance to GND - <2Ω
  • Temperature Range - 100℃ - 400℃(max)
  • Max operation ambient temperature - 40°C
  • Control part: length 96mm, Diameter: 16.5mm
  • Heating part: Length: 72+33mm, Diameter: 5.5mm
  • Weight: 33g
  • Compliant with EU certification: CE FCC

Includes

  • 1 x TS100 Body
  • 1 x B2 Tip
  • 1 x allen key
  • 2 x spare screws
  • Instruction manual

6 customer reviews

a day ago
Totally neccessary adjunct to the Pimoroni Presto, it gives IO capability that is not provided by the original device, working through the I2C interface. Works well, have not yet established speed capabilities but very welcome just the same.
by Trevor about IO Expander Breakout via REVIEWS.io
10 days ago
I bought this to add digital IO pins, ADC input and PWM output to my Presto which has only I2C for Input/Output. It is really easy to connect and I've found it to be really useful.
by Anthony about IO Expander Breakout via REVIEWS.io
4 years ago
Looking forward to use this with the Grow Hat to trigger some Grow LED’s and a float switch for a reservoir.
by Darrell about IO Expander Breakout via REVIEWS.io
4 years ago
Quick delivery. Very useful for multiple analogue inputs. Would be useful to have the option of an un-soldered header, and supplied with spare/loose straight and right-angled headers for end-user soldering (some of us "old school" types don't mind a bit of soldering :-)
by Anonymous about IO Expander Breakout via REVIEWS.io
4 years ago
Great little board, I wish there was a Node-Red node to control it rather than having to revert to a Python node in Node Red. Not knowing Python it took me a little while to get my head around it.
by Christopher about IO Expander Breakout via REVIEWS.io
5 years ago
Nice breakout! Your python-code makes the difference. One thing to note though: the holes of the I2C-connector don't properly line up. Maybe this is on purpose, but in this case it would have made more sense to let the already soldered pins face to the other side.
by Bernhard about IO Expander Breakout via REVIEWS.io

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