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		namibj on July 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Podswap: Keep airpods alive and out of the landfil... Where are the electronics in the battery?

theshrike79 on July 12, 2021 | [–]

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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