DMW-BCM13E to USB adaptor

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DISCLAIMER: i accept no liability in the event of damage to the unit, the printer, the user or the users marriage, you the user are accepting the sole responsibility for your own device and if you mess up neither i the creator or thingiverse can be held responsible. Just because it works on the tz60 does not mean it works on all panasonics, only the ones with the DMW-BCM13E battery can be confirmed to work. (even if it fits other cameras do not use unless you are 100% sure of the pin config and polarity) now that disclaimer rant is over lets begin. This is an adaptor for the Lumix tz60 battery (DMW-BCM13E) to usb or external power supply i made this because i was annoyed with the price of official battery's and they tend to go flat fairly fast if using the camera for streaming, once printed, simply insert two pieces of earth wire in the holes and looping back into the unit, its obvious in the pictures (because this makes the metal contacts) Now that you have the contacts pay close attention to the polarity of your wires the inner contact is + and the one closest to the edge is - if you mess this up you will break the unit. I tried with 3.8v and it wouldn't turn on, not really sure why but i then upped it gradually on voltage (3.9v, 4.0v, 4.2v 4.5v) and found that 4.9v from my front usb port is able to work and it gets power and works like it would if it had a fully charged battery. as you can see it works in the pictures and hope this helps someone else with the same need.