Can we get a little more information when using not-soldering-irons?

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Estación de energía FixHub

Información sobre reparación y solución de problemas de la Estación de energía FixHub, la principal fuente de alimentación e interfaz de control de la línea de productos FixHub de iFixit. Lanzado en octubre de 2024.

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George Nada @ge0rgenada

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Can we get a little more information when using not-soldering-irons?

Hello,

I would like to request a feature be added to the power station firmware -- if something other than a soldering iron is connected, it would be great if we could get per-port voltage/current information. From a cursory look at the schematics, both of these metrics are sensed by the hardware, so it would be great if we could see them when a plain power sink is connected to the battery.

Great product! Thanks for reading.

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I’ve forward the request on to the team.

12 de feb. de 2025 - de DanJ

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Brett Hartt @brett

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Right now, we just report total power output from the port, which is the combined voltage and current going through that port. The Power station definitely knows the PDO that the sink is negotiating, but for simplicity, we just report the total power. If there are two devices plugged in, we only show one port at a time, but you can get feel for it by the power meters on the side of the display that indicate the wattage going through the respective port (between 0 and 100W).

I'll see if we can get Voltage and Amperage displayed as an alternative option.

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Imagine my surprise to learn that the newest firmware update gives consumption statistics! That's really amazing.

In honesty, although volt/amp information would be marginally useful, I think the next best thing that i'd love to see implemented would be a "Remaining time" algorithm, that shows you the amount of time the pack has left before it dies. You see it in a lot of other battery packs, and although I know the fix-hub's primary job isn't to power things that aren't soldering irons, this would still be extremely cool

Thanks for the great firmware work! Keep it up!

13 de feb. de 2025 - de George Nada

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Imagine my surprise to learn that the newest firmware update gives consumption statistics! That's really amazing.

In honesty, although volt/amp information would be marginally useful, I think the next best thing that i'd love to see implemented would be a "Remaining time" algorithm, that shows you the amount of time the pack has left before it dies. You see it in a lot of other battery packs, and although I know the fix-hub's primary job isn't to power things that aren't soldering irons, this would still be extremely cool

Thanks for the great firmware work! Keep it up! — George Nada

Kris Rodriguez @krisrodriguez Rep: 319.6mil 22 10 2mil · Answer 1 · 2025-02-13T13:40:15-07:00

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Kris Rodriguez @krisrodriguez

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@ge0rgenada

Thanks for the suggestion—we really appreciate thoughtful feedback like this. We’re always looking for ways to improve, and ideas like yours help shape future updates. I’ll pass this along to the engineering team to see what’s possible.

If I hear any updates, I’ll be sure to post them here. Thanks again for taking the time to share your thoughts!

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