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Originally Posted by Craig
I can see the parts costing less than $100, but what about the labor?
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Parts and labor. These modern microcontrollers have so much integrated function that parts count comes WAY down. My first pass at placement used a PCB that was less than one third the size of the original, and component count was about one fifth.
There is also the ability to add function. My 300D is kind of doggy off the line unless I manually switch off the AC compressor. My cruise amp concept included a seven second compressor cutout when the accelerator pedal travel reached a certain limit, or when the accel pedal rate of change was large and positive. All software and almost no components.