This is 150W 12V DC to 230V 50 Hz AC conveter designed to be used in car. It failed few days ago when powering a laptop. Let’s take a look what is inside. Closer look. Here is DC power input filtering.. looks as quite ugly late add-on to design.. More circuit board details. On the →
https://www.wired.com/2017/04/detroit-stomping-silicon-valley-self-driving-car-race/ IF YOU’RE BETTING on Silicon Valley stars like Google, Tesla, and Uber to free you from your horrorshow commute with autonomous driving technology, don’t. That’s the key takeaway from a new report. →
https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/16/nvidia-and-bosch-team-up-on-self-driving-car-ai-supercomputer/?sr_share=facebook Nvidia’s new partner in bringing AI-powered self-driving tech to the masses definitely has the experience needed to go truly mass-market – it’s Bosch, leading tier one auto industry supplier. Bosch will build an AI supercomputer designed for use in vehicles using Nvidia tech. →
http://interestingengineering.com/electricity-companies-surge-electric-cars/ As electric cars continue to surge, the demand on power grids across the world will continue to rise. Many fear that this drastic increase in energy consumption, up to 50% for some households, could lead to a global energy shortage. →
http://wtkr.com/2017/02/18/why-buying-used-cars-could-put-your-safety-at-risk/ Connected car can remain under control of previous owner. →
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-19/tesla-s-autopilot-vindicated-with-40-percent-drop-in-crashes Autopilot features seem to help safety. →
Recently, the media has been on discussion on making the country roads to be controlled by private company and Finnish cars envisaged the so-called mandatory. black box. On this discussion it has been several times mentioned that the Finnish Government has planned a mandatory monitoring devices for all cars to collect “road tax” based on →
http://www.zdnet.com/article/theres-a-linux-powered-car-in-your-future/ Linux is everywhere, also in cars. →
http://spectrum.ieee.org/transportation/advanced-cars/2017-the-year-of-selfdriving-cars-and-trucks Self-driving cars can make a breakthrough in 2017 – or not. Let’s see what the year will turn out for cars. →
http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/the-smarter-grid/watttime-the-tool-that-tells-you-when-to-charge-your-ev-to-keep-it-green How to charge your electrical car with greenest power… →