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A great deal of work has been put into making digital representations of gauges work as well as analogue ones. This is mostly done for situations where a display of a combination of analogue inputs can be beneficial (eg. landing an airplane without visual sight of the runway, orbiting and land the space shuttle, running power grids, etc.) For driving a car you really need to know:
Engine RPM (if not an automatic)
Vehicle Speed
Fuel level If I was to design a car from base up the instrument cluster would have a small shift led that would illuminate 200rpms before redline, a speedometer, and a very loud horn that would go off should the car for any reason go into limp mode. I would be able to pull out a small memory stick from the glove box, stick it in my computer and see a display of all sensors, and any codes that had been thrown.
"The 300ZX Turbo is a dance; it's a song; it's rolling, roaring automotive art. There is no color that doesn't suit it. There is no mood-lifting chemical substance it can't replace." - Automobile Magazine |
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12:58:54 02/07/07
