Kind of found the answer to my own question (or part of it at least).
Here is the answer for others as well.

http://www.semtech.com/pdf/smartmodf.pdf

Engineering Info wrote:

> The whole idea of getting the laptop battery to work was the idea of NOT
> having to build my own packs.  Altho David's link
> (http://www.voy.com/118594/427.html) was informative, I was already
> aware of the hazards with LiIon.  I agree, not for the weak of skills to
> play around with.  The battery that I'm looking at is a whopping 95WHr.
> Most laptop batteries are around the 40WHr to 50WHr range with a few
> getting up past 60WHr.  If I can figure this one out, I can incorporate
> it into all my battery operated projects.
>
> Martin Klingensmith wrote:
>
>> 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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