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Re:Battery packs: Let's talk about crates, baby by rickdeckard on Saturday July 18, 2026 @04:22AM (#48956187)
The hobbyist device maker in me took waaay to long to be certain that this is NOT about physical batteries...

(was already confident, then there's suddenly a screenshot mentioning display components)

Re:Battery packs: Let's talk about crates, baby by RunSet on Saturday July 18, 2026 @08:41AM (#48957631)
Reminds me of how calling wine prefixes "bottles" makes things easier to someone.
Re:Battery packs: Let's talk about crates, baby by tomashubelbauer on Saturday July 18, 2026 @09:18AM (#48957919)
Homebrew is also great in this regard
Re:Battery packs: Let's talk about crates, baby by bennettnate5 on Saturday July 18, 2026 @10:09AM (#48958330)
Yeah, I definitely think "pallets" would make more sense in this context.
Re:Battery packs: Let's talk about crates, baby by cursuve on Sunday July 19, 2026 @12:57PM (#48969753)
Ha- same here! I was very excited to see a curated list of battery configurations/cells/wiring diagrams!