Re:Software is eating the car
by kumarsw on Thursday June 10, 2021 @05:59PM
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Once again, a plea for moderation from those calling for a return to analog gauges. Remember that outside of Tesla, automakers are generally pretty conservative and most computing in cars outside the head unit is decentralized MCUs that don't connect to the internet. And within the head unit, CarPlay/Android Auto has moved most of the work to phones.
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Well, actually, with CP & AA there is more work, not less work, because they are perceived as an additional cool feature, not as a complete substitution to built-in "infotainment".
Re:Software is eating the car
by oldgradstudent on Friday June 11, 2021 @01:26AM
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Analog gauges have been controlled digitally for many decades now.
A professor of mine was writing code for BMW around 30 years ago. He said they were filtering the RPM so it would appear that BMW engines are solid and heavy.