(E10-14) February 2027: When Every Battery Must Be Replaceable. Is Your Product Ready?

Soon, products sold in the EU will need to support battery placement by the customer – or in the case of a product used in wet environments, by a certified technician. This means there needs to be a mechanism telling customers when it is time to replace. Customers will notice that time between charges is decreasing, but this is not ideal since battery capacity tends to decelerate rapidly once beyond a certain point. We look at how to solve this without adding any cost or power consumption to highly cost sensitive applications.