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Re:Podswap: Keep airpods alive and out of the landfill by namibj on Monday July 12, 2021 @03:13AM (#27807865)
Where are the electronics in the battery?
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Re:Podswap: Keep airpods alive and out of the landfill by theshrike79 on Monday July 12, 2021 @03:36AM (#27807982)
Every Li-ion battery has a control circuit in it. Batteries stopped being just containers of electrons a long while ago.

All high-capacity batteries need a management chip.

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