▲ 659 ▼ Ouch: The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385 (www.pcworld.com) submitted 2 days ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 183 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FridaVanMercury@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 days ago (2 children) Only problem with that is the spicy battery pillow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago (1 child) Just remove the battery? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 days ago It's a bit trickier than that. They won't run from USB power alone. The battery has to be replaced with a battery eliminator circuit. If the phone is new enough, it may have an option to prevent the battery from fully charging. If it does, you can enable that and leave the battery in until it's completely worn out. That way you have a built in UPS. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago (1 child) Just remove the battery? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 days ago It's a bit trickier than that. They won't run from USB power alone. The battery has to be replaced with a battery eliminator circuit. If the phone is new enough, it may have an option to prevent the battery from fully charging. If it does, you can enable that and leave the battery in until it's completely worn out. That way you have a built in UPS. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 days ago It's a bit trickier than that. They won't run from USB power alone. The battery has to be replaced with a battery eliminator circuit. If the phone is new enough, it may have an option to prevent the battery from fully charging. If it does, you can enable that and leave the battery in until it's completely worn out. That way you have a built in UPS. permalink fedilink source parent