What is harder to build, a computer or a car? Like is a CPU harder to build than an engine?
What is harder to build, a computer or a car? Like is a CPU harder to build than an engine?
Luis King
Hudson Allen
Engine is harder to build, cpu is harder to develop.
Carter White
Depends on what you mean by car.
If you mean NHTSA and EPA compliant car with everything everyone expects of a new car, then the car is obviously more complicated due to the computers in it.
Also depends on what you mean by computer. People have built calculators from stock materials with only hand tools.
However, very early production model cars could be built with fewer machine tools than any computer featuring an actual microchip.
Alexander Ramirez
cars have gotten more pigfat and heavier due to safety requirements
Brody Johnson
Cars have computers inside them nowadays
Elijah Jackson
>What is harder to build, a computer or a car?
i believe cars sold in usa in 2022 are legally required to also include computers, so cars would be more difficult to build by default
Justin Carter
Car. So many variences and calibration you need to deal with. Timing, parts, torque.
Computers are pretty much adult lego nowadays. Even simpler cause part a can only fit slot a
Robert Harris
Checked.
Also nah, they're required to pass emissions and to do that you need a computer to deal with engine management.
You can pull the cars ecm out and have it so a failure but it'll either run like shit because limp mode or not run
Parker Rogers
cars legally require obd2 since 1995 i think
and they require tpms since 2007
Noah Smith
Yep. All for emissions
Not so much tpms. My diesel dually doesn't have tpms
Chase Cox
>My diesel dually doesn't have tpms
im guessing youre either not american, or your truck was made before 2007
>All for emissions
the reason doesnt really matter. you cant legally build a car in america in 2022 and drive on public roads, unless you include computers
Juan Lewis
No its literally a 2017 GMC Sierra 3500
You're right in regards to the reason. VW got their dick rock hard when they used their computer to cuck all the test centers
Chase Taylor
I still love how they managed it though
>all tests are done with hood open
>program ECU to be more efficient whenever hood is open
Jack Butler
Even better! Obd plugged in
But Yea. Modern American truck. No tpms.
Josiah Phillips
do you still have the factory wheels and tires? maybe your truck was brought to a shady tire shop and they didnt bother to give you new tpms sensors. i used to work at a firestone and we were told all american cars by law must have tpms since 2007. is your truck more than 5 tons?
en.wikipedia.org
Caleb Perez
>is your truck more than 5 tons?
i googled it, 11000 lbs stock. maybe thats why you get away without tpms. still, op asked about cars. and even without tpms (arguably not computers) you still need to be obd2 compliant, which requires an ECM, which is absolutely a computer
Jaxson Baker
u wot
Adam Collins
idk my source was this:
nadaguides.com
Angel Sanders
>GVWR
That's not the vehicle weight, that's the max weight the vehicle can handle
Zachary Roberts
oh, thanks
Asher Anderson
... so why doesnt that truck require tpms?
Luis Robinson
Frankly I didn't know TPMS was a legal requirement before this thread, however I certainly knew there was no way in hell a 1 ton pickup had a curb weight 5.5 tons.