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[โ€“] JLock17@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Digital is fine for things that don't need to be touched. Arguably, it's better.

[โ€“] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Separate analog odometers are better, because it's a single point of failure otherwise. If one breaks, I can still read all other instruments (fuel, engine temp, speed and/or rpm, whichever failed)

This.

You work in software just a couple of years, you learn to appreciate the mechanical solutions on a whole other level. Especially in cars.

[โ€“] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think the whole cluster can also fail all at once as well as the individual components, so it's actually more points of failure.

[โ€“] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what you mean.

A single display that shows all controls as opposed to many "displays" per control. On top of that an odometer has less components than whatever translates the reading to an aggregated video output.

[โ€“] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I just mean that your odometer and your speedometer and everything else are part of the cluster which can entirely fail so everything shuts down, just like a single display can fail, so there's no inherent benefit to analog over digital. It's not just individual components they are all connected still and the entire thing can all shut off at once as well, which happened to me in my little 2005 Pontiac Sunfire.

[โ€“] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I drive a 2005 Opel Astra and had the tachometer and speedometer fail on separate occasions while everything else on the dash kept working.

[โ€“] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 points 22 hours ago

Yes, they can fail individually as well as all together there are multiple points where it can fail at.