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Re: Separate Powered Flashlights?

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Originally Posted by rich2202 View Post
A solo "flashlight" is not COTS computing device.

A cell phone is a COTS computing device. Using the flashlight function on a cell phone is ok. You can also use a USB flashlight powered off a COTS computing device.
Prove it. This flashlight is a computing device: https://www.sparkfun.com/news/1196

The fact that you can use a light on a cell phone as a flashlight but not a flashlight is absurd and is yet one more piece of evidence that the rules around batteries for devices that are not part of the control system are outdated.
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