Uniform firmware for many devices - ArcticFox + NFirmwareEditor

[Plettschner]

I'm not the expert but I believe the answer is yes. Mine does the same. Because of insights watching AF watts and temp for each puff I've changed wire from 28 guage stainless to 30 guage for lower power consumption. The 30 guage at the same resistance has the same heat flux at half the watts. There is a bit less vapor but I got used to that. To calibate the temperature setting I do a dry cotton test at 420 and adjust the resistance until I get a slight singhe at that temp. Then at least things are consistent.

Thanks... still doesn't doesn't seem right to me that the resistance should fluctuate like that.

Interesting on going to 30ga. I'm planning on sticking with 28ga but this SS build is 26ga because that's the smallest the local shop stocks in SS. Maybe I'll get some 30ga to fiddle with.

 

[sofarsogood]

Thanks... still doesn't doesn't seem right to me that the resistance should fluctuate like that.

Interesting on going to 30ga. I'm planning on sticking with 28ga but this SS build is 26ga because that's the smallest the local shop stocks in SS. Maybe I'll get some 30ga to fiddle with.

I don't care about clouds, just texture and throat hit and may be a hint of flavor. You can check the differences with steam engine. Coil wrapping | Steam Engine | free vaping calculators I care about battery time. An LE HG2 is almost enough to get me through a day off without charge time on 28 guage wire. I'm expecting with the 30 guage it will last with capcity to spare. I'm building to 1.4 ohm currently but that pushes volts a bit higher than optimal. My first try at a 30 guage 1 ohm build didn't get a good result. May be I over spaced the coil, will try again. In my early days of vaping I was getting along fine at 10 watts but I'm not willing to use the N mini any more. I'd like to get back to those 10 watts days on my RDA.

 

[Steamer861]

A Question for the Author of this Great! Software. Can this be made to work with Yihi Chips?
I have a few SX j's & would like if this was comparable with them also.
I know there is the SX-iQ but it leaves something to be desired
Just asking?
Thanks for your work This software is Great!

 

[sofarsogood]

A Question for the Author of this Great! Software. Can this be made to work with Yihi Chips?
I have a few SX j's & would like if this was comparable with them also.
I know there is the SX-iQ but it leaves something to be desired
Just asking?
Thanks for your work This software is Great!

Find the developers page and you'll see there's a forum where you can make suggestions and ask questions. I'm sure the firmware only works on the listed devices.

 

[Plettschner]

I think I'm going back to nickel. Not liking this SS build. 26ga, .515 ohm, 10.5W, 440F and it just keeps bouncing off TC. The vape seems lacking.


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[Plettschner]

28ga, Ni200, .107 ohm, 11W, 340F, cooling off... nice and even.

 

[Plettschner]

28ga Ni200 build on puff:
Full scale (100%):

Zoomed in on resistance (10%)

26ga, SS316L, .508 ohm, 10.5W, 400F on puff:
Full scale (100%):

Zoomed in on resistance (10%):

Seriously, WTF?

 

[xpen]

I'm wondering if you may have a wrong TCR value for your specific SS316L wire...
Have you tried playing with custom tcr values instead of using the default SS316 profile? Just a thought...

 

[Plettschner]

I'm wondering if you may have a wrong TCR value for your specific SS316L wire...
Have you tried playing with custom tcr values instead of using the default SS316 profile? Just a thought...

I have not. Just using the out of the box SS316 TCR and also tried the SS316L TFR. Seemed about the same. I'm going to poke at the coil later... maybe space it out a bit. It didn't look like any coils were touching/shorting, but I want to rule that out.


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[Plettschner]

Pulled atty with the 26ga SS316L apart and the coil is fine... I added a little space between winds, pulsed it a few times, and the resistance is still fluctuating all over the place. There is no way you can expect reliable operation with these fluctuations... it's garbage... that wire is going in the trash.

This is with my Pico sitting on the table and just the KFL base with coil on it... no wick, no cap, no chimney... it's just sitting there:

 

[Dreamject]

A Question for the Author of this Great! Software. Can this be made to work with Yihi Chips?

This device has another chip, the developer said it is another work. Most likely, no.

I think I'm going back to nickel. Not liking this SS build. 26ga, .515 ohm, 10.5W, 440F and it just keeps bouncing off TC. The vape seems lacking.

You could disable Check TCR and this will be enough if resistance increase.
I like SS, it's not very high accuracy, but it is safe (you could burn your coil and use WV) and cheap. Just don't belive a lot to temperature which device displays you.

 

[gt_1955]

I've seen it somewhere where it is thought that the TCR used by this chip for SS316 is 110, rather than the often quoted 92. I manually set the TCR to 92 and played with the PID settings to get mine working at an acceptable level

 

[Plettschner]

Even with a different TCR value, the coil resistance would still bouncing around, no?


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[xpen]

Probably yes, the point is how much in case.
Have you tried a different wire material on that specific atomizer, by chance, or that wire on another atomizer?

 

[Plettschner]

Probably yes, the point is how much in case.
Have you tried a different wire material on that specific atomizer, by chance, or that wire on another atomizer?

I usually have nickel on that atty. KA1 in the past. I have not tried that wire on a different atty though. I'll try that later to see what it does.


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[Steamer861]

Inconsistent Ohm readings in TC usually means a bad connection. With TC your atty has to be screwed on tight & your leads have to be fastened to your atty posts tightly.
Make sure your connections are really solid!

 

[Plettschner]

Inconsistent Ohm readings in TC usually means a bad connection. With TC your atty has to be screwed on tight & your leads have to be fastened to your atty posts tightly.
Make sure your connections are really solid!

Yep... checked tightness of coil screws 5 times and atty was screwed down the same as with the nickel coil.

 

[Dreamject]

A little difference I have too, but it's around 0.00X. Stock firmware even don't show x/1000 of resistance, maybe because dont want to disturb users.

 

[Plettschner]

Sooo... I dug out my Wismic RX75, flashed it with AF, and tried the SS coil on KFL base on it to see if the resistance is jumping all around... here are the results:

The resistance is still fluctuating, but not like it was on the Pico... this I could live with.

Still seems odd to me that the Pico is rock solid on the nickle resistance, but not the SS316... shouldn't matter what the TCR/TFR settings are; it's just measuring the coil resistance at idle.

Anyway, it may be time for a new Pico.

 

[Dreamject]

Sooo... I dug out my Wismic RX75, flashed it with AF, and tried the SS coil on KFL base on it to see if the resistance is jumping all around... here are the results:

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The resistance is still fluctuating, but not like it was on the Pico... this I could live with.

Still seems odd to me that the Pico is rock solid on the nickle resistance, but not the SS316... shouldn't matter what the TCR/TFR settings are; it's just measuring the coil resistance at idle.

Anyway, it may be time for a new Pico.

Firstly, try to get how res detection works. It should send some voltage to the coil. May be nickel reaction on this better, may be worse. I don't think it send a lot of voltage/watt when device slept.