#automotive-electronics on Hacker News

2 stories tagged automotive-electronics, newest first.

Screenshot of blog.koenvh.nl: What does this button do? – My new car has a mysterious and undocumented switch

What does this button do? – My new car has a mysterious and undocumented switch (blog.koenvh.nl)

665 points by Koenvh 1 year ago | 480 comments

A personal blog post in which the author investigates a mysterious, undocumented switch found in a newly bought car that replaced his old Peugeot 107.

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Screenshot of davidmuller.github.io: I fixed a parasitic drain on my car in 408 days

I fixed a parasitic drain on my car in 408 days (davidmuller.github.io)

405 points by dmuller 3 years ago | 449 comments

A personal blog post describing how the author spent 408 days diagnosing and fixing a parasitic battery drain on a 2013 Mazda3 by disconnecting the key fob computer system.

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#automotive-electronics on Hacker News

What does this button do? – My new car has a mysterious and undocumented switch(blog.koenvh.nl)

I fixed a parasitic drain on my car in 408 days(davidmuller.github.io)

What does this button do? – My new car has a mysterious and undocumented switch (blog.koenvh.nl)

I fixed a parasitic drain on my car in 408 days (davidmuller.github.io)