I Over-Engineered My Hot Glue Gun
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⏱️ Chapters
00:00 The hot glue gun problem
01:17 Sponsor - JLCPCB
02:10 Disassembly and investigation
04:00 Planning the mod
06:58 Choosing a MOSFET
09:36 Wiring up the electronics
13:20 Testing MOSFET control
19:34 Final assembly
22:02 3D printing the enclosure
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🎉 Video Summary
A cheap hot glue gun burns fingers or cools down too quickly, so I added PID temperature control using a Raspberry Pi Pico, MOSFET switching, a thermistor probe, and a tiny OLED display, all crammed inside the original shell with a custom 3D printed top.
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Code:
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⏱️ Chapters
00:00 The hot glue gun problem
01:17 Sponsor - JLCPCB
02:10 Disassembly and investigation
04:00 Planning the mod
06:58 Choosing a MOSFET
09:36 Wiring up the electronics
13:20 Testing MOSFET control
19:34 Final assembly
22:02 3D printing the enclosure
🏷️ Tags
#hotgluegun #raspberrypipico #pidcontrol #diyelectronics #temperaturecontrol #rp2040 #mosfet #oled #microcontroller #embeddedsystems #3dprinting #maker #electronics #arduino #soldering #thermistor #mellowlabs #jlcpcb #diy #circuitdesign
🎉 Video Summary
A cheap hot glue gun burns fingers or cools down too quickly, so I added PID temperature control using a Raspberry Pi Pico, MOSFET switching, a thermistor probe, and a tiny OLED display, all crammed inside the original shell with a custom 3D printed top.
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