Turtlebot3 18650 Battery Pack Upgrade

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I was annoyed with having to remove the battery on my Turtlebot3 in order to charge it so made a 3s LiION battery pack that has a BMS on board. This means I can charge and power the robot from one port and it'll charge while running too. I used a generic 3s BMS from eBay and three 18650 cells reclaimed from a laptop. I'm not going to share build steps for that here as I'm not confident in my technique and you need to be really careful when making battery packs like these. These files are for a holder for the new pack and a mount for the charging port, in my case an 8mm socket. They both use the stud mounts that are standard to the waffle plates and if you're removing the brackets for the LiPo the robot comes with as standard you should have plenty to mount these new components.