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Wiring is a very hard problem in vehicles. It’s why you see physical switches being switched out for a touchscreen, and some of the tech the big automakers are
by fsociety 4y ago
Wiring is a very hard problem in vehicles. It’s why you see physical switches being switched out for a touchscreen, and some of the tech the big automakers are most excited for are, at the end of the day, just to reduce the amount of wiring required for each car.
- anaganisk 4y agoIf we are doing bad trade-offs, let's run like flintstone cars instead of an engine. It does sure take up a lot of space and is very heavy.
- foepys 4y agoSwitches in cars don't directly connect to the thing they control. They haven't for decades now. [1] The connector of a touchscreen and a unit full of switches can be exactly the same. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN_bus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN_bus
- wiml 4y agoOr, for that matter, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Interconnect_Network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Interconnect_Network