First step. Brain.
An important part of any complex device nowadays is the information processing center. At some point, cars started to operate on the basis of CPU (Central processing unit), which calculated what a car should do. This is nothing but computerization.
One of the first steps in building my own car was to identify the motherboard (or mobo). The main goal was to find a device that had enough power for current and potential tasks. Factors such as:
CPU power
GPU power (!!!)
Amount of RAM
Input/output device capacity
The device that met all my requirements was the well-known Raspberry Pi 4B. Installing the desired OS and the appropriate programming language setting was a pleasant experience. At the moment, the control program is written in Python 3. Perhaps in the future we will think about C++.
In addition to the mainboard, input and output devices were required. As input various sensors were used. The essence of any sensor is basically
to detect events or changes in its environment and send the information to the processor. For example, the temperature, light level or their changes. The number of sensors is physically limited, but the way they can be used depends entirely on the creative approach to solving problems. This means that you can combine them and get more specific information about the studied object.
I showed the current collection of scanners on a pics above. If you have any specific questions, please text to me personally.
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The essence of things.
It is obvious that a human creates certain objects to simplify his live, to make it more comfortable. We face problems and try to solve them with the minimum amount of effort and time, which triggers a need for a special tool. It is hard to hammer a nail with a shoe, therefore people created a hammer. We can say, a human solved this task perfectly because the essence of hammer is clear as well as the problem it is intended to solve.
The essence of a thing lies in its abilty to deal with a problem. But actually, that is not entirely true. "Objectively" speaking the essence is defined by people. If it is not, then the essence is unclear and the object is meaningless. There might be a border position when an object does not have true essence but a false one. This means to attribute to a thing an ability to deal with issues it was not created for. It might be either unintentionally – to hammer with a shoe cause you don't have a hammer, or intentionally. But more on that later.
The evolution has brought us to so many more complex and interesting challenges than hammering nails. For example, moving a person (and not only) from point A to point B. He can walk and run (most healthy), fly. All these methods are popular depending on place, time and person's aim.
But this project is dedicated to solving the problem of moving by driving. It is possible only with a car.
I'm pleased to present the new page of my story in cardesign.
Hope you enjoy
