Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ...
by 0xTJ on Friday June 18, 2021 @09:44PM
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I don't know, so this is a genuine question, but is that a safety-critical part in that case? If it's not it's still not ideal, you want to make sure that your parts will happily survive the car's environment, but it's not as bad.
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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ...
by shakna on Saturday June 19, 2021 @12:07AM
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> Safety concerns revolve around cars losing their display for rear-facing cameras (now required by law) and consumers complaining it’s impossible to defog windshields with the center console inoperable. [0]
> Another complaint said the failure disabled safety monitors associated with Tesla’s driver-assistance system Autopilot. [1]
It looks like losing access to the touchscreen does actually effect safety components, and driver's abilities to use them. (Though I'm not clear on to what extent - driver's might just need to crack out the manual to see how else to defog, for example.)
[0] https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2020/06/tesla-investigated...
[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-safety/u-s-probes-t...
Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ...
by brewdad on Saturday June 19, 2021 @12:15AM
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Safety critical? Who knows, but probably depending on how you want to define "safety critical." Tesla runs practically every user control through the touch screen. Climate control, lighting, wipers. Did they design with reasonable fail-safes? I wouldn't want to bet my life on it.