Discontinued Vapolution 3.0

[birdbat]

Discontinued - Vapolution 3.0

Vapolution 2 ,,my 1st vaporizer. 2012. Utterly amazing.Still infatuated with whole process. What a great company. I love this vape. It will get you baked if you use the whip, Wonderbowl, or the water attachment. It will get you absolutely baked. I do think it tends to smell a lot more than...

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Not sure if this will help you out or not.

I still have one of these bad boys in like new condition sitting in it's box...

Lucky you! Although as the firmware seems iffy and the company are no longer trading, I guess you will hit the same problem as me if you decide to use your vape!?

could the temperature sensor be out of position? do you have any internal photos or diagrams?

Hi, I just took the bottom off and got the following pics. Looks like the temp sensor is embedded in the white cement (along with the heater wire) so I wont be able to move it. Not very clearly labelled but the terminals marked R and Y look like a thermocouple? There are 3 sets of wires going into the vape cement (heater, sensor and something labelled D - data?). From the otherside of the board it looks like it is all run on an 8-bit PIC microprocessor? The display is connected to the mother board via a daughter board.

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I am managing to keep the vape going by uslng low temp settings (the calibration is way off, and low settings on the display are actually at the vaping temp and if I try to set it higher it switches off - overheating).

BTW - I have just discovered your project and I am reading through the history. Lovely piece of work. I am an electronics noob but starting to play with micros and pcb's. Hope to make my own vape one day. Love the glass on glass vapes. Will continue to watch your progress with interest.

EDIT - just remember that the heating tube has an LED at the base that lights up when in use...that is possibly what the black and red wires labelled 'D' power?

 

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Lucky you! Although as the firmware seems iffy and the company are no longer trading, I guess you will hit the same problem as me if you decide to use your vape!?


Hi, I just took the bottom off and got the following pics. Looks like the temp sensor is embedded in the white cement (along with the heater wire) so I wont be able to move it. Not very clearly labelled but the terminals marked R and Y look like a thermocouple? There are 3 sets of wires going into the vape cement (heater, sensor and something labelled D - data?). From the otherside of the board it looks like it is all run on an 8-bit PIC microprocessor? The display is connected to the mother board via a daughter board.

PXL 20240812 124957426 — Postimages

postimg.cc

PXL 20240812 125318044 — Postimages

postimg.cc

I am managing to keep the vape going by uslng low temp settings (the calibration is way off, and low settings on the display are actually at the vaping temp and if I try to set it higher it switches off - overheating).

BTW - I have just discovered your project and I am reading through the history. Lovely piece of work. I am an electronics noob but starting to play with micros and pcb's. Hope to make my own vape one day. Love the glass on glass vapes. Will continue to watch your progress with interest.

EDIT - just remember that the heating tube has an LED at the base that lights up when in use...that is possibly what the black and red wires labelled 'D' power?

thank-you for the pixs but i can't tell anything from them. i don't know what "D" means, but the wires are very heavy gauge for powering an LED. i have my LEDs soldered to my PCB.

i hope to get back to working on my vape in the next week or 3. i have to relearn wtf i did after so much time away from it. i do keep good notes and comment my code heavily. so, hopeful.

 

[birdbat]

thank-you for the pixs but i can't tell anything from them. i don't know what "D" means, but the wires are very heavy gauge for powering an LED. i have my LEDs soldered to my PCB.

Yes, sorry about the 'quality' but I didn't want to tear it apart fully (yet). I thought the wires were a bit big for an led too, but it was all I could think they are for?

i hope to get back to working on my vape in the next week or 3. i have to relearn wtf i did after so much time away from it. i do keep good notes and comment my code heavily. so, hopeful.

Still reading through your work. By the time I catch up, you may be back at it! I've learned so much from you, thanks for sharing.