Yes, the entertainment system on the seat back isn't connected to flight control - it's completely different hardware and software. Same deal as cars - the entertainment system can be off and you can still drive the car just fine.
Yes, the entertainment system on the seat back isn't connected to flight control - it's completely different hardware and software. Same deal as cars - the entertainment system can be off and you can still drive the car just fine.
This is not actually the case with cars. Yes, you can still drive the car, but the head unit is generally sitting on the same bus as the ABS and power steering controls. All the more exciting when modern cars have autosteer.
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Please tell me they shielded the mission critical software from the entertainment system.
I know it should be a no-brainer, but I am no longer entirely sure...
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Yes, the entertainment system on the seat back isn't connected to flight control - it's completely different hardware and software. Same deal as cars - the entertainment system can be off and you can still drive the car just fine.
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You know, in this case the car analogy isn't exactly very comforting.
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Yes, the entertainment system on the seat back isn't connected to flight control - it's completely different hardware and software. Same deal as cars - the entertainment system can be off and you can still drive the car just fine.
This is not actually the case with cars. Yes, you can still drive the car, but the head unit is generally sitting on the same bus as the ABS and power steering controls. All the more exciting when modern cars have autosteer.
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Yes, you can still drive the car, but the head unit is generally sitting on the same bus as the ABS and power steering controls.
At least on Tesla the head unit does not sit on the CAN bus. Instead all communication is gated through a dedicated 'gateway' module.
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All the more exciting when modern cars have autosteer.
MCAS - My Car Automatically Steers.
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Yes, the entertainment system on the seat back isn't connected to flight control
It isn't connected yet [federalregister.gov]. Boeing has asked for an received an exception to the 'separate network' rule for the 787.