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Good look doing DIY work on the 48V network of a modern car, ICE or EV or 12, 24 or 48 V doesn't matter. And the past 12 V systems are dead easy to work on. On older cars that is, as soon as you have electronics and bus systems DIY basically requires deep car electronics knowledge and skills.
> as soon as you have electronics and bus systems DIY basically requires deep car electronics knowledge and skills. So how is this done on cars? Dores each manufacturer have their own proprietary bus system (what i imagine), or is there a standard that everyone can use?
Protocols like CAN, LIN, SENT and XCP are all standardised point to point and bus protocols for automotive stuff
I personally think the standardisation is actually a bit limiting[1]
Just like SpaceX found massive cost savings in using networking tech over hard wired interconnects, I think there’s a good chance China or other manufacturers might catch on
[1]I think interconnect failure rates are so low out of factory it’s not unethical to begin making things more lean, obviously with sufficient human safety testing
But I’m not an expert, just a former engineer working in an electronics shop…