5 Mar
2005
5 Mar
'05
8:57 p.m.
9000 VAX wrote:
I guess the lab computer uses 5v CMOS devices and the
2x2.5V battery let them skip the voltage regulator.
That does have rhyme & reason to it -- yes.
(And you are correct in that it takes 2 of these 2.5V lithium cells -- I
failed to mention that in my original post.)
I suppose it just couldn't have been foreseen by them that SAFT would
discontinue manufacturing this particular battery at some point down the road.
Still, though, wouldn't manufacturing a device which relies on a sole
provider for its power cells raise a flag or two during the design process?
It is not like these batteries are as common as dirt -- like your typical
Duracell "AA". (Then again, I'm no hardware engineer, so I'm not
familiar
with how these decisions are made.)