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Old 11-02-2007, 01:02 PM   #1
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Here's an interesting question I was thinking of - does the Prius (new or first/second gen) run an off-the-shelf operating system and hardware for their MFD, or is it a custom Toyota-Internal solution? What about the hardware? Being a techie, I've been wondering this for a while.
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Old 11-03-2007, 12:59 AM   #2
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(pkhoury @ Nov 2 2007, 01:02 PM) [snapback]533942[/snapback]</div>
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Here's an interesting question I was thinking of - does the Prius (new or first/second gen) run an off-the-shelf operating system and hardware for their MFD, or is it a custom Toyota-Internal solution? What about the hardware? Being a techie, I've been wondering this for a while.
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An interesting question... maybe a derivative of Debian or some other *nix?
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My bet is ITRON.
http://japan.cnet.com/news/tech/story/0,20...20056241,00.htm

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I thought it was Linux.
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Here's some info about Itron, which would be my guess (not that I know).
Itron article on linuxinsider.com
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sean Blumenthal @ Nov 3 2007, 12:25 AM) [snapback]534245[/snapback]</div>
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Here's some info about Itron, which would be my guess (not that I know).
Itron article on linuxinsider.com
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Makes me wonder. At least I've never seen the MFD crash or hang. Unlike my Samsung cell phone (I swear it runs Windows CE or something) which always crashes.

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Also, I take it nobody has really hacked into the MFD, or got a command prompt or anything? Any ideas as to the actual hardware used for the ECU (cpu, etc)?

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(pkhoury @ Nov 3 2007, 08:40 PM) [snapback]534482[/snapback]</div>
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Also, I take it nobody has really hacked into the MFD, or got a command prompt or anything? Any ideas as to the actual hardware used for the ECU (cpu, etc)?

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Given the tech allure of this care, I am simply amazed that this hasn't been done! Certainly some techie type wants to come up with a FREE way to defeat the "gray" syndrome when in motion, which may be "safe" but is extremely annoying. I mean, 300 is a lot of tamales to pay for LockPick, I'd rather get some speakers...
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I've poked around in the boot file of the Nav DVD. There are references in it to various /dev devices like /dev/cd/cd1/slot0/ and /dev/avc_lan, which is a unixoid sort of thing.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(alanh @ Nov 3 2007, 09:59 PM) [snapback]534543[/snapback]</div>
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I've poked around in the boot file of the Nav DVD. There are references in it to various /dev devices like /dev/cd/cd1/slot0/ and /dev/avc_lan, which is a unixoid sort of thing.
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And this is for which year? I once copied the PCMCIA Type III hard drive for a Toyota Sienna
Nav system while I was in the shuttle van, and the files appeared to be DOS based.

Anything with /dev is definitely UNIX based. It sounds like Linux, but I'm a Solaris kinda guy.

But back on topic - has anyone here actually taken apart the ECU? I'm seriously curious in addition to OS what kind of CPU, RAM, etc is in there. Considering that the Prius is esentially a computer on wheels.

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