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The thing is, that with guitar pedals there are plenty of components that are temperature fragile, such as diodes and transistors. Up until now the ts100 seems the best choice for me. By the little research that I made, it seems to be very accurate as temperature control is concerned and is highly regarded amongst electronic engineers and hobbyists. And last but not least, banggood can ship it to Greece from a UK warehouse so there will be no import taxes, which is a huge plus.

I'll check it out. Thank you very much. It's relatively cheap on banggood and ships from europe warehouse, so no duty taxes 

As a matter of fact the antex xs25 has a maximum temperature of 390oC according to its datasheet. That's why I'm considering buying it. I know that a soldering station is my best bet, but it's more than I can afford right now. I want a soldering iron for the next couple of years just to save some money to buy a Hakko and be done with it forever 

The thing is that my current soldering iron has a maximum temperature of 470oC, which is a rather high temperature.

Hi, I'm relatively new to pedal building and in need of a new soldering iron. I've been doing electronics work for the past year or two, using an antex hp40 soldering iron which has proved to be a very reliable piece of equipment. Although it is still a very decent soldering iron for its money, I think that the 40 watt version that I have is probably not the best for pcb soldering. I was thinking about buying the antex xs25, which is a 25watt soldering iron, as it is much more suitable for pcb work. Does anyone have any past experience with this soldering iron, or have any other suggestion? My budget is in the range of 40-50 dollars.

P.S. I'm living in Europe for what it's worth.

Hi, I just finished designing my first ever PCB. It's basically a NPN Silicon Fuzz Face with some very minor tweaks and an added reverse voltage protection circuit which is basically R.G Keen's cheap protection circuit. Since, it's my very first PCB I would really appreciate it if you could take a look at the schematic and the board images that I'll attach and tell me your opinion. I think it's probably going to work, but any suggestion that you have or any mistake that you may see, you are more than welcome to let me know.

Thank you very much.

Hi, I'm trying to design a reverse voltage protection circuit for a pedal that I'm currently building but I can't really understand how to use the 1N5817 schottky diode in series with the VIN and how to connect the led to that circuit. In addition, do I need to use capacitors right after the power supply circuit as filters? Last but not least, I need the protection circuit to be used for both the battery and the psu. I would really appreciate any help and any recommendations would be more than welcome. I have the effect circuit ready, I just need to figure out how to connect the protection circuit to the effect circuit.