[guyzero]

Congrats, OP has recreated a test/development bench, the bane of developers working on automotive software development all around the world. They're so close to being a real vehicle that you think you'll be able to get a lot of work done, but they're not, so you don't.

[sho_hn]

Honestly I love it. Few things develop a more fun camaraderie than a bringup bootcamp with two precious/priceless new samples on a large conference table, and everyone being very careful to keep cups/mugs very far away.

And a soldering robot with a specialist a few rooms away to beam down the latest errata into physical form, at times.

Tracy Kidder just died, and Soul of a New Machine was a favorite of my formative years as an engineer. Once I started in headunit ECU development it felt very familiar to me at times.

I'm a software guy, but the gear has a lot of allure.

[jeffreygoesto]

Haha, don't forget your wristbands.

[JSR_FDED]

Soul of a New Machine, absolutely awesome book!

[Phelinofist]

Can confirm. We are required to test all of our stuff on a bench, but no one really trusts this, because everything is mocked anyway (RSI).