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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Most of the ones I've opened up have one positive wire and one negative. What's more standard than that?

The big difference is in battery voltages.

[–] kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The steam deck uses whatever the hell that is. And the laptops I’ve torn into in the last 10+ years use all kinds of connectors.

I’m assuming it’s because they’re doing all the battery management on the motherboard, not a separate bms in the battery pack. But some standardization would be great.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Classic

But they could just use an existing connector as a standard. Doesn’t need to be anything new.