I have been making my living writing software for various automotive applications from BCMs to instrument clusters for about 15 years. I currently do advanced r&d for a tier 1. A recent project was to evaluate and document the major OSes and their applications in the telematics realm. The findings were what we usually find in selecting supporting software. Different OSes work in different situations. There is no clear path and different scenarios require different solutions much like the PC application domain. Outside of telematics like an instrument cluster our OSes consist of a while loop and not much more. The requirements from the OEMs dictate that the resources for auto apps are pretty small in order to keep the costs down. If they can shave a penny from cost you can bet an engineering change is coming your way. For instance, the last BCM we did had 256k of rom, 12k of ram. This includes compliance to foreign regulations on the same module. Meaning headlamp and horn behavior will be different outside the U.S.
I think the upshot for Linux is that it is a solid low cost alternative that will become more attractive as the cost to manufacture a higher end chip that supports a real OS goes down. Most people don't realize that your modern automobile has about 17 to 20 different computer systems. They all run apps of some sort. It would seem like a logical step to eventually combine some of these systems and control them with a real OS. We'll see.
At least the greens have a real plan to accomplish x goal. You can get a finite grasp of where they are coming from. Then you can make an informed decision on their platform from there. I only have one request of all politicians. Can we please stop referring to our soldiers as kids? They are so far from being kids it sounds silly to say.
Alright I'm done.
The annual National Geographic Survey had thrown up the sad fact that only 23 out of 56 young Americans knew the whereabouts of the Pacific Ocean.
Well my 2 year old is a young American and he has no clue where the Pacific Ocean is. I'm thinkin' its time for some extra tutoring.
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I have been making my living writing software for various automotive applications from BCMs to instrument clusters for about 15 years. I currently do advanced r&d for a tier 1. A recent project was to evaluate and document the major OSes and their applications in the telematics realm. The findings were what we usually find in selecting supporting software. Different OSes work in different situations. There is no clear path and different scenarios require different solutions much like the PC application domain. Outside of telematics like an instrument cluster our OSes consist of a while loop and not much more. The requirements from the OEMs dictate that the resources for auto apps are pretty small in order to keep the costs down. If they can shave a penny from cost you can bet an engineering change is coming your way. For instance, the last BCM we did had 256k of rom, 12k of ram. This includes compliance to foreign regulations on the same module. Meaning headlamp and horn behavior will be different outside the U.S.
I think the upshot for Linux is that it is a solid low cost alternative that will become more attractive as the cost to manufacture a higher end chip that supports a real OS goes down. Most people don't realize that your modern automobile has about 17 to 20 different computer systems. They all run apps of some sort. It would seem like a logical step to eventually combine some of these systems and control them with a real OS.
We'll see.
At least the greens have a real plan to accomplish x goal. You can get a finite grasp of where they are coming from. Then you can make an informed decision on their platform from there. I only have one request of all politicians. Can we please stop referring to our soldiers as kids? They are so far from being kids it sounds silly to say. Alright I'm done.
A smart women in the president chair at MIT is cool, but is she hot? ;-)
The annual National Geographic Survey had thrown up the sad fact that only 23 out of 56 young Americans knew the whereabouts of the Pacific Ocean. Well my 2 year old is a young American and he has no clue where the Pacific Ocean is. I'm thinkin' its time for some extra tutoring.
These guys have no clue.