automobiles

Automobile Programming languages

What programming languages are most commonly used on automobile systems? What type of data is collected while it is running? What platform does it use? I am also interested in the new hybrid/electric automobiles, what languages and platforms do they use? Thanks! ...

Darpa Grand Challenge / Autonomous vehicles

I'm a software developer with a Microsoft Web development background. As a matter of pure interest and intrigue, I'd love to learn more about what goes into making autonomous vehicles or car technology in general (adaptive cruise control, self parking, etc). Does anyone here have past experience with this sort of technology, or have a ...

dot net (.net) ODB-ii reader/parser

Does anyone have any experience with ODB-II codes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-board_diagnostics) and/or have any .net code available for reading information from an ODB unit? I'm having trouble reading data from my car. I'm trying to follow the spec as outlined in various wikipedia articles and based have search for solutions on f...

Architecture of cars multimedia systems

I wonder what is the software (OS, graphics libraries, etc.) and hardware architecture that cars use for their multimedia systems for controlling radio, cds, navigator or telephony. I also noticed that the BMW's iDrive startup is immediate, no bootup process. I suppose that other systems work like that as well. How do they achieve this?...