• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        I get it, but I don’t feel comfortable putting my car in the hands of an Arduino.

        Nothing against the open source software at all. It’s the fact that the Arduino is a consumer experimentation board, not an automotive rated component. I’m concerned for the reliability of the Arduino under the operating conditions of an automobile.

      • droans@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Android Automotive, not to be confused with the entirely separate and unrelated Android Auto.

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          1 year ago

          Not entirely unrelated, Android Auto is basically a projection app for Android Automotive.

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            1 year ago

            Android auto is your phone projecting to your cars infotainment system. This can work independent of what the cars operating system is. Android automotive is Android “optimized” as an operating system for a cars infotainment system.

            Android auto runs on your phone. Android automotive runs in your car.

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              1 year ago

              Android auto runs on your phone. Android automotive runs in your car.

              Yes, but Android Auto does need some work on the car OS side to operate, i.e. within Android Automotive in this example (although Blackberry QNX is probably more common these days, automakers are moving away from it)

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                1 year ago

                but Android Auto does need some work on the car OS side to operate

                Yes, I was just arguing against Android auto and Android automotive being the same or similar thing.

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      1 year ago

      Pretty much every car is running Linux at this point.

      That doesn’t mean it’s open and non shitty.