In some designs, the line frequency is tapped as a timing source. However, in this case, as you pointed out, it seems designed to run on 50 or 60.... so not the problem. Is your supply an inverter or just a step up transformer?
On Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 4:31:08 PM UTC-6, Jens Boos wrote: > > Terry, I am not sure how the microcontroller would even feel the 60Hz, > but I ordered a special security bit that will let me open the housing > and inspect the electronics. > > Charles, how would I check that? I don't think that it resets, though: > if you look at the beginning of the video I posted you see that there is > a brief display of the target temperature (400C) as well as the unit > system 'C' at the beginning. Now if the microcontroller would reset, > then this startup animation should show again I think. So maybe it is > something different? > > Do you think I could hook up something in parallel that would smoothen > the signal? > > Best wishes > Jens > > > On 2018-11-04 2:15 p.m., Charles MacDonald wrote: > > On 2018-11-04 3:17 p.m., jb-electronics wrote: > >> Hi again, > >> > >> Thank you for all your advice. I I am located in Alberta, far away > >> from Ontario, so I had to find some other solution. I should mention > >> that I live on campus (doing my Ph.D.) and so I do not have any > >> access to the breaker panel or any 240V outlets in the building. I > >> ended up getting the Krieger 450W step-up converter for around CAD 85 > >> (including shipping), > >> So I hooked it up to the step-up converter and I get a very strange > >> behavior: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC47kkjh1sc > > > > how clean is the output of your inverter? some just output square > > waves, which might be confusing the processor in your soldering > > station. it almost looks like it is getting a "reset" and rebooting. > > > > many folks have the same problem with inverters that run 110V stuff of > > their 12V system in a Motor Home or car. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/14bf1d34-13b1-49f9-ba92-32d077f9fc4a%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
