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How I Fried My Huzzah With a Battery

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how I fried my huzzah with a

Bought the batterie from here https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B08V11Z88Q

With this pinout

I cut the connector and soldered those instead

https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B08JVC4LVG

With this pinout

I soldered them to ensure the continuity of the red wire.

Therefore, when looking at the male connector with the bump facing upwards, the + is at the left and the - at the right.

Now, look at batteries sold by adafruit

https://www.adafruit.com/product/1317

This is the opposite, the - wire is at the left.

Therefore, without surprise, the huzzah follows that convention. Actually, there is no indication on the board as of the used convention, so I guess you just have to know it.

It was improved on the huzzah rp2040 than now shows the polarity to use.

It was the same for this battery

https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B08214DJLJ

And now, it can see they actually warned me