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One car has 4,500 cells - bigger cells than most of the vapes. So it really is a matter of scale.
How many cars does one smoke in a year though?
If you want to see some candle flicker code based on a PIC12F508 or 9 see below. The flicker effect is based on a linear feedback shift register function to provide a pseudo random effect. https://github.com/linker3000/CandleFlameSim
Going to drop this here: “Reverse engineering” a real candle https://cpldcpu.wordpress.com/2016/01/05/reverse-engineering...
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The worst offenders right now might be disposable vapes. I saw some sold with effing lcd screens built-in. For a disposable piece of crap.
The rechargeable lithium batteries in those really doesn't fit the "lithium shortage" and "we don't have enough battery capacity to build an EV for everyone" narrative
Doesn’t seem to be anything to corroborate the PIC12 besides a pinout the author has seen before.
Just mention because there are likely a zillion eight pin MCUs with this pinout/ballout pattern.
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The rechargeable lithium batteries in those really doesn't fit the "lithium shortage" and "we don't have enough battery capacity to build an EV for everyone" narrative
It does if the vape makers have an underpriced lithium source and don’t care about the pending lithium shortage.
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The worst offenders right now might be disposable vapes. I saw some sold with effing lcd screens built-in. For a disposable piece of crap.
The rechargeable lithium batteries in those really doesn't fit the "lithium shortage" and "we don't have enough battery capacity to build an EV for everyone" narrative
The materials for one EV battery can make ~30 e-bikes, and currently EVs are too expensive for most people.
The way to fix that and the way that industry is fixing it is to make batteries more efficient (higher-density, new anodes/cathodes) in parallel with making a bunch more of them (and mining more lithium).
If we succeed in making a $25k EV, the batteries used in those vapes will be _even cheaper_.
I don’t think it’s desirable and I find the waste appalling, but I do think that disposable batteries can only be expected to grow without intervention.
I really hate these fake LED candles with a passion. Either put an actual candle on the table, or just put a small cosy light that doesn't flicker.
I don't like those small LED candles using disposable watch/button batteries. I use ones using standard AA batteries, which means I can use NiMH rechargeables.
Once upon a time, on USENET, someone had a .sig that predicted one day computers would be cheap enough they'd come in cereal boxes and we'd throw them away. That day appears to have arrived.
The worst offenders right now might be disposable vapes. I saw some sold with effing lcd screens built-in. For a disposable piece of crap.