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Tesla infotainment system upgradeable from MCU1 to MCU2
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I could be wrong here but ebay has a 2018 MCU (Presumably 2) with Part# 1045006-00-E. Is this not right?
HankLloydRight
No Roads
It's MCU1 if what @kdday says is correct (and I have no reason to question it). MCU1s were still in new cars in early 2018.
This is my favorite post in a year. Although I have to wonder what the tech was thinking...
"hmm, Bluetooth antenna connection and IC display port. I don't see those, I'll leave them blank. WiFi antenna ports? I only see one. I'll hookup 5GHz since I hear it is better."
or more like
"Man I am bored. Elon says that MCU2 is upgradable. I'm going to try it out. Nice to make that sales guy Bob look dumb after he took all my poker money. And sure to impress the new gal in delivery."
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On this I will concede the point. You sir definitely know more than I in this realm.
ucmndd
Well-Known Member
That article is an awful big jump to conclusions based on a purposely ambiguous two word response from a pathological liar.
I don't know, my Breakout paddle and ball performance was poor yesterday ... maybe I should reset my stats? </sarcasm> Seriously, though, why in the world are developers replicating arcade games rather than improving the damn software?
Oh, and GTFOML.
At a guess I'd say because they're able to hire game devs at 60K/yr but not experienced embedded systems developers.
ucmndd
Well-Known Member
You can barely hire In’n’Out fry cooks in Silicon Valley for 60k/year.
badboy1980
Member
Tesla has the best software team in the world, but all competent ressources have been dedicated to improve the model 3 production issues for a while.
In the mean time, MCU software development has been subcontracted to a team of interns in India.
Hey all, my MCU has been diagnosed as failing. I spoke w/ the SC today about upgrading my late 2016 MS P100DI to MCU2 AP2.0. He said he is unable to sell me the part at this time (not that it can’t be done). I brought up that I heard it wasn’t available for sale because cars that use MCU2 aren’t likely to be out of warranty yet. He didn’t confirm that but he said he would be glad to set up an appointment to change the MCU when the MCU2 becomes available for sale (so he sorta did confirm it). I am holding off on a MCU1 swap and living with my crippled unit (it displays bogus warning messages and hassles me when I attempt voice commands) since it seems there may be some truth in Elon’s recent “you can” tweet about this. Hopefully this will be available in weeks, not months. If I have to spend 3K, it may as well be for the latest version. I’ll be watching here to see if anyone has any news.
If I have to spend 3K, it may as well be for the latest version. I’ll be watching here to see if anyone has any news.
ucmndd
Well-Known Member
Hey all, my MCU has been diagnosed as failing. I spoke w/ the SC today about upgrading my late 2016 MS P100DI to MCU2 AP2.0. He said he is unable to sell me the part at this time (not that it can’t be done). I brought up that I heard it wasn’t available for sale because cars that use MCU2 aren’t likely to be out of warranty yet. He didn’t confirm that but he said he would be glad to set up an appointment to change the MCU when the MCU2 becomes available for sale (so he sorta did confirm it). I am holding off on a MCU1 swap and living with my crippled unit (it displays bogus warning messages and hassles me when I attempt voice commands) since it seems there may be some truth in Elon’s recent “you can” tweet about this. Hopefully this will be available in weeks, not months.
Good luck with that.
Hope springs eternal. Tweet from Elon 4 days ago that seems to say upgrade to MCU2 will be available:
sqrt(E/m) on Twitter
My hope/rationalization for the delay is that Tesla is waiting for full release of V10 software to offer MCU2 upgrade, because that will likely widen the gap of features available for MCU1 vs MCU2, and better justify the price, which we all expect to be steep. Or another way to look at i, to keep the price from being astronomical, they need to make sure they will have enough demand.
Or we are all just delusional. My inventory car was built literally a few weeks before the switchover to MCU2, and I paid for FSD so it just seems a damn shame to get an upgrade to AP3 HW later this year and still be on MCU1 for the infotainment part.
sqrt(E/m) on Twitter
My hope/rationalization for the delay is that Tesla is waiting for full release of V10 software to offer MCU2 upgrade, because that will likely widen the gap of features available for MCU1 vs MCU2, and better justify the price, which we all expect to be steep. Or another way to look at i, to keep the price from being astronomical, they need to make sure they will have enough demand.
Or we are all just delusional. My inventory car was built literally a few weeks before the switchover to MCU2, and I paid for FSD so it just seems a damn shame to get an upgrade to AP3 HW later this year and still be on MCU1 for the infotainment part.
houstonian
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Scratching my head here trying to figure out what the plan is.
My MCU1 S75D is working at a satisfactory level due to advice offered here (e.g. clear out recent destinations, use sketch to help relieve processor loads, etc.) but the experience is certainly subpar.
No qualms dropping 2-3k on an upgrade to extend and expand features and functions, should Tesla decide to offer an upgrade path...that's not "buy a new car".
My MCU1 S75D is working at a satisfactory level due to advice offered here (e.g. clear out recent destinations, use sketch to help relieve processor loads, etc.) but the experience is certainly subpar.
No qualms dropping 2-3k on an upgrade to extend and expand features and functions, should Tesla decide to offer an upgrade path...that's not "buy a new car".
Naekuh
Member
You guys will get the MCU2 upgrade when MCU3 comes out.. watch.
And its back at one all over again.
This is why im liking android auto more and more.
They should just allow us to screen mirror our phones for heavens sake, instead of adding stupid games and fart machines to the OS.
And its back at one all over again.
This is why im liking android auto more and more.
They should just allow us to screen mirror our phones for heavens sake, instead of adding stupid games and fart machines to the OS.
