Very common practice in music gear industry, unfortunately. I've recently bit the bullet and bought MyVolts Step Up for $20, it is literally a PD trigger worth maybe 50 cents plus a plug.
> It is absolutely possible to do this, but the resulting battery pack won't be nearly as solid as even the third party packs that are available. With the amount of time required to fiddle with the connection paperclip and winding the temperature sensor leads around a tiny plastic tab it is probably not worth it to print your batteries.
Very common practice in music gear industry, unfortunately. I've recently bit the bullet and bought MyVolts Step Up for $20, it is literally a PD trigger worth maybe 50 cents plus a plug.
> Conclusion
> It is absolutely possible to do this, but the resulting battery pack won't be nearly as solid as even the third party packs that are available. With the amount of time required to fiddle with the connection paperclip and winding the temperature sensor leads around a tiny plastic tab it is probably not worth it to print your batteries.
Which is silly because they seem to struggle with maneuvering around the little plastic tab to have the battery detected as rechargeable.