Can I desolder the Tegra 3 in my MCU1 and solder in a later version?

[teslick2]

Calling all engineering folks -

The title says it all. Does anyone know if it is possible to desolder the Tegra 3 in an MCU1 and drop in a later Tegra chip? Does anyone know if they are pin/power compatible?

 

[whitex]

No. Even if you somehow matched the pinouts, the software will not be compatible.

 

[Akikiki]

PLEASE Let us know how that works out.

 

[teslick2]

No. Even if you somehow matched the pinouts, the software will not be compatible.

Ah. So the android build doesn’t include instruction sets for other processors? Guess it makes sense to slim down the software build.

still a bummer.

 

[croman]

Ah. So the android build doesn’t include instruction sets for other processors? Guess it makes sense to slim down the software build.

still a bummer.

Android?

 

[teslick2]

Android?

I was under the impression the os was a derivative of android or Linux.

 

[markb1]

I was under the impression the os was a derivative of android or Linux.

Android runs on Linux, but our cars run Linux without Android.

 

[whitex]

Ah. So the android build doesn’t include instruction sets for other processors? Guess it makes sense to slim down the software build.

still a bummer.

From everything I've read on the internet Tesla doesn't run Android, they use embedded Linux. Embedded world is not like a PC world where Windows or Linux come with many drivers for different chipsets and automatically detect on boot which ones should be loaded - in embedded you build your OS and drivers specifically for the hardware you are running it on.

 

[spacklewoof]

Runs a customized version of Ubuntu with Open VPN