TS-101 Soldering Iron

A Miniware TS-101 portable soldering iron, running IronOS.

What Is the TS-101?

The Miniware TS-101 is a compact, USB-C PD powered soldering iron — a sibling to the popular TS100, with a higher-resolution OLED display and support for Tip Sense (auto-detecting which tip is installed). No bulky station required; it heats up fast and runs off any decent USB-C PD power source, including a battery bank.

My tip of choice is the knife style — good all-around control for both fine detail work and drag soldering.

Mods & Upgrades

Printed parts I've added to mine:

Dewalt Battery Soldering Station — mounts the iron holder and helping hands to a spare 20V/60V Dewalt battery

Flashing & Setup

Mine runs IronOS, open-source firmware that adds a proper settings menu, power profiles, and sleep/motion detection over stock. Flashing is drag-and-drop over USB — no special programmer needed.

Heads up: some newer TS-101 hardware revisions ship with a different OLED panel that IronOS doesn't support yet — check the tracking issue before flashing if yours is a recent purchase.

Getting Started guide
Latest release — grab the TS101 build