Originally Posted By: Geoff Hannis
OK (here I go talking to myself again)
Well with 278 posts this month there's no change there then! grin

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It looks like the SMBus system is the way to go, then. Anyone know what our medical equipment applications use?
It's probably the same as every other use, the deciding factor here isn't design it's cost. You'll find that the same battery that goes in the Philips M3/M4 monitor will be the same battery that goes into the equipment that helps someone dig up the road or even perhaps someone's laptop. Even the difference between other medical equipment manufactures like GE could be just programing and a lable. When companies are no longer producing custom built cells and instead use a standard the cost of production falls massively!