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A comment on Anker PowerPort PD 1 USB-C Wall Charger Teardown. Parent comment

Re:Anker PowerPort PD 1 USB-C Wall Charger Teardown by colechristensen on Monday January 07, 2019 @11:53PM (#18853263)
So this reuse is why almost no power banks support simultaneous charge and discharge, I am guessing.

It is super annoying that I can't use any of my power banks as laptop-like batteries for Raspberry Pis, Arduinos, and the like.

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Re:Anker PowerPort PD 1 USB-C Wall Charger Teardown by int_19h on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @01:08AM (#18853633)
Take a look at OmniCharge, e.g.:

https://www.omnicharge.co/products/omni-20-usb-c/

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Re:Anker PowerPort PD 1 USB-C Wall Charger Teardown by boundlessdreamz on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @12:53AM (#18853552)
The Xiaomi Powerbank supports simultaneous charge and discharge.
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