Engineering Info wrote:
> With the battery being 14.8 volts, that would be about 4 cells and I was
> guessing that some of the lines were indeed used for monitoring.  The
> serial interface scares me though (if it really does have a serial
> interface).  Would make it difficult to use the battery for stand alone
> purposes.  Cost wise, it looks like laptop batteries are cheaper than
> other LiIon alternatives which is why I choose it.  Would hate to crack
> open one of the cases to find out.
>
You could use individual cells and utilize one of Maxim's control chips
if you can't reverse engineer that one.
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