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Re:Hardware Microphone Disconnect in Mac and iPad by gumby on Friday April 03, 2020 @12:12PM (#22770730)
As a former firmware developer (not for Apple, for power generation) it has firmware its not a hardware solution.

We have automatic steam cutoffs that are entirely mechanical. I have built a state machine out of hardware logic that would have cost less than a dollar with a microprocessor but was preferred because it could be verified to work and not be remotely “upgradeable”.

Re:Hardware Microphone Disconnect in Mac and iPad by lathiat on Friday April 03, 2020 @08:46PM (#22775280)
The computer free automation of a jukebox from the 1970s is an eye opener: (an in depth teardown and explanation) https://youtu.be/NmGaXEmfTIo