Car Computers - Making the Driving Experience Easier
Cars have come a very long way since they were invented. Owning a car was once considered a luxury. For other car brands, it still. Yet, for most car owners, they opted to get a car for practical reasons.
Nowadays, even luxury cars have to concede with the manufacturing demands brought by political and environmental reasons. These scenarios resulted to the cars? environmental friendly and fuel efficiency nature to address these areas.
Once conceptualized by science fiction, electric cars became a reality. However, there are problem areas such as the mileage in which manufacturers resorted to go on with a combustion engine which runs in fuel with a different mix. The end result is the hybrid ? a mixture of both electrically and engine-driven cars which are controlled by car computers to get the right combination of electricity and other fuel products to make the engine efficient.
All the new cars released in the market today are considered hybrids in either parallel or series configuration. In some instances, both are utilized. There are cars which yield fuel efficiency and at the same time, comply with the standards required by the environmental laws.
New car models released yearly are becoming more and more complex in terms of their operations. Most of them come with car computers which control the electro-mechanical functions. The car gauges that can be seen on the dashboard tell the car?s overall wellness which includes the tire condition, cabin and cruise control. These computers are also present even on models at lower costs.
The engine control unit (ECU) is a type of computer which uses 32-bit microprocessors which deals with the gathering of data from different car sensors to monitor the general performance of the car engine. It does calculations to determine operations such as the correct fuel mix and the best spark timing. Aside from engine optimization, the ECU also makes sure that you will get the best mileage and with the very least emission possible.
For SUVs, the operation can be more complex than other cars. What you can see on the dashboard is a computer panel that shows the data through LCD screens instead of the mechanical gauges. The sensors are also more complicated as they will tell you what doors are unlocked, the entertainment and the air cooling/heating system. The computers will also serve as a guide in which gear shifts and cruise controls should be used.
Basing on the fast trend of development in cars, we are expecting to see the intelligent car. These cars are very strict when it comes to security which includes keyless access, driver identification, as well as GPS monitoring and total shutdown once the car gets stolen. - 21396
Nowadays, even luxury cars have to concede with the manufacturing demands brought by political and environmental reasons. These scenarios resulted to the cars? environmental friendly and fuel efficiency nature to address these areas.
Once conceptualized by science fiction, electric cars became a reality. However, there are problem areas such as the mileage in which manufacturers resorted to go on with a combustion engine which runs in fuel with a different mix. The end result is the hybrid ? a mixture of both electrically and engine-driven cars which are controlled by car computers to get the right combination of electricity and other fuel products to make the engine efficient.
All the new cars released in the market today are considered hybrids in either parallel or series configuration. In some instances, both are utilized. There are cars which yield fuel efficiency and at the same time, comply with the standards required by the environmental laws.
New car models released yearly are becoming more and more complex in terms of their operations. Most of them come with car computers which control the electro-mechanical functions. The car gauges that can be seen on the dashboard tell the car?s overall wellness which includes the tire condition, cabin and cruise control. These computers are also present even on models at lower costs.
The engine control unit (ECU) is a type of computer which uses 32-bit microprocessors which deals with the gathering of data from different car sensors to monitor the general performance of the car engine. It does calculations to determine operations such as the correct fuel mix and the best spark timing. Aside from engine optimization, the ECU also makes sure that you will get the best mileage and with the very least emission possible.
For SUVs, the operation can be more complex than other cars. What you can see on the dashboard is a computer panel that shows the data through LCD screens instead of the mechanical gauges. The sensors are also more complicated as they will tell you what doors are unlocked, the entertainment and the air cooling/heating system. The computers will also serve as a guide in which gear shifts and cruise controls should be used.
Basing on the fast trend of development in cars, we are expecting to see the intelligent car. These cars are very strict when it comes to security which includes keyless access, driver identification, as well as GPS monitoring and total shutdown once the car gets stolen. - 21396
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The car is the most used type of transportation for most people today, but often the driver of a car is not well educated on the instrument cluster. Today's car computers have made the cluster very advanced and full of helpful knowledge that could be helpful to the driver if they knew more about the instrument panel.
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