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iFixit’s USB-C soldering iron will also offer adjustment-by-phone someday.
You can already adjust temps by dial with the $250 kit, or plug the $80 iron into a PC, but iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens agrees it should work with phones too — and will, eventually.
The stumbling block: mobile browsers don’t yet support web-serial, which he’d prefer to a dedicated phone app. “There won’t be any changes or additional firmware required for the device once we’ve got something,” he promises.
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