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April 23, 2007

Doing a Toyoto Prius Teardown

I love teardown analyses of technology, so a new EETimes series on tearing down a Toyota Prius is catnip for me. Read the whole series:

• Part 1: The airbag control module
• Part 2: The dashboard display
• Part 3: The skid control module

Among other things, it remains a great reminder of the importance of conservative component choices, as well as the continuing importance of analog circuits (the voodoo of circuit design).

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