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Re:The chip shortage keeps getting worse – why can't we just... by int_19h on Saturday September 04, 2021 @09:06PM (#28420838)
The car industry really just needs to standardize a connector (USB-C?) and a protocol for an external device to drive the dashboard touchscreen and any relevant physical buttons. Like Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, but open and universal.
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Re:The chip shortage keeps getting worse – why can't we just... by tbrownaw on Sunday September 05, 2021 @12:22AM (#28421612)
They already have a standard network bus connecting all the things together. There's even a standard debug port that exposes it, somewhere near the driver seat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN_bus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-board_diagnostics

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Re:The chip shortage keeps getting worse – why can't we just... by int_19h on Sunday September 05, 2021 @08:03PM (#28428959)
Yeah, but can that drive the display? My impression was that it doesn't have the bandwidth for that. Android Auto requires USB-C, although I'm not quite sure what the actual protocol on the wire is (but I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same as for USB-C displays in general, just with some extensions).

Most of the pieces are already there. The only problem is that they're proprietary.

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