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Re:Why Carmakers Can’t Transition to Newer Chips by csours on Saturday October 02, 2021 @03:47PM (#28731428)
Other comments pointed out why higher is better. The cap at 60v is somewhat arbitrary, but as others said, higher voltage is harder to switch, and above 60v DC it is easy to kill people.
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Re:Why Carmakers Can’t Transition to Newer Chips by R0b0t1 on Saturday October 02, 2021 @04:00PM (#28731555)
Voltage levels sometimes arise from the geometry of semiconductors, capacitors, etc. 60V is a common cutoff, usually to give some slack to a 48V design voltage.
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