Re:Caterpillar offers phone with built-in FLIR camera
by unwind on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @04:36AM
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Have you seen AMPShare Alliance [1]? It's a common 18-volt battery tool platform with many partners.
Mostly industrial/professional tools so far but I hope it will continue to grow. Yes, I have Bosch stuff. :)
Re:Caterpillar offers phone with built-in FLIR camera
by ProZsolt on Saturday December 10, 2022 @11:36AM
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There is also the Cordless Alliance System[1]. The problem they are all small players except Bosch. Once two of the big players (Bosch, Makita, Milwaukee, Dewalt, etc.) start sharing batteries hen it will make a difference. Bosch don't even share batteries between their blue and green lineup.
Re:Caterpillar offers phone with built-in FLIR camera
by rasz on Saturday December 10, 2022 @12:34PM
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haha, TTI doesnt even share batteries between its own brands, and you expect manufacturers to adopt same standard? :D
https://www.protoolreviews.com/power-tool-manufacturers-who-...
Re:Caterpillar offers phone with built-in FLIR camera
by radicalbyte on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @03:00AM
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> I've seen power tools from certain companies adopt the same battery type across multiple of their tools
That's because electric power tools are sold as a platform: you choose a brand and buy in to their platform. For example I mainly use a driver + drill so bought in to Milwaukee. Ended up buying a lot of other kit from them too.
Re:Caterpillar offers phone with built-in FLIR camera
by rlt on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @03:50AM
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> with a bit more lawmaking
No thanks. Things like this almost always have unintended consequences.
It would be nice if that wasn't the case.
I've seen power tools from certain companies adopt the same battery type across multiple of their tools, so that they are interchangeable. I can imagine something like that happening industry-wide with a bit more lawmaking, like happened with USB types.
Actually, it would be even better if we had a few common phone battery standards and every manufacturer had to use those (ideally with removable batteries). This might mean that phones would have to be built with the batteries in mind, not vice versa, which doesn't seem like a bad thing to me.
Then again, personally I wouldn't even mind if there were like 10-20 common phone form factors in the first place.