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[–] 5 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Or at least standard connectors to make modding easy. I get using a weird shaped battery in a handheld to maximize battery life in a compact device, but would be nice if it was an easy to find connector so you could just glue a battery pack to the back of it (or 3d print a new shell), so you can easily keep it going if/when that battery becomes unavailable.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (3 children)

    Most of the ones I've opened up have one positive wire and one negative. What's more standard than that?

    The big difference is in battery voltages.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    The steam deck uses whatever the hell that is. And the laptops I’ve torn into in the last 10+ years use all kinds of connectors.

    I’m assuming it’s because they’re doing all the battery management on the motherboard, not a separate bms in the battery pack. But some standardization would be great.

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