diff --git a/Home.md b/Home.md index 6b95e09..1a21e26 100644 --- a/Home.md +++ b/Home.md @@ -5,9 +5,14 @@ This neat soldering iron can run from 9-25V DC, and provides a power range that ## Why new software for a soldering iron The original software for the iron worked really well, except that if you wanted to change most of the settings you had to connect it to a computer via USB and edit a text document. -This software aims to work as a complete re-write of the software for the iron, using the code from minidso as a starting point. The project is built using System Workbench for STM32 from [Open STM32](openstm32.org). +This software aims to work as a complete re-write of the software for the iron, using the code from minidso as a reference. The project is built using System Workbench for STM32 from [Open STM32](openstm32.org). + +Most of the code for the system has been completely re-written for this implimentation, attempting to move to hardware peripherals for all the IO rather than software driven events(as the minidso firmware does). ## Current Status -Currently, the dev channel as somewhat working code, the iron is in a usable state, however, it does not save settings or have all features coded (yet!). +Currently the dev branch has the current development code (naturally). +The firmware is usable for all hardware features, main work now is just on user interface design. + +PID performance of the iron is not exactly the same as stock firmware, however its performance matches or exceeds the original firmware.