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Re:Hackberry-Pi_Zero – A handheld Linux terminal using Raspb... by KennyBlanken on Friday August 02, 2024 @04:27PM (#41142320)
And if you screw up which battery is which?

"Do things exactly right, quickly, or the device bursts into flames*" is not acceptable electronics design, even for something you intend to use yourself.

* do you really want to trust a generic battery's built-in protection IC?

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Re:Hackberry-Pi_Zero – A handheld Linux terminal using Raspb... by BolexNOLA on Friday August 02, 2024 @10:50PM (#41144348)
Maybe I’m being too generous but I feel like 99.9% of the people using something like this would do it properly
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Re:Hackberry-Pi_Zero – A handheld Linux terminal using Raspb... by Nab443 on Saturday August 03, 2024 @06:49AM (#41145830)
.. until their curious child decides to have a look at it.
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Re:Hackberry-Pi_Zero – A handheld Linux terminal using Raspb... by II2II on Saturday August 03, 2024 @07:52AM (#41146080)
Now that I'm aware, sure. If I wasn't told, I would assume that they were designed so that a new battery could be swapped in while one battery remained inserted to maintain power (much like an old Thinkpad I used to own).
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