Comment by liminalsunset
3 years ago
The guidance and control system seems to run on a GTK (?) app running on what looks like Ubuntu 10.04. An HDMI cable can be seen running to the monitor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClkytJa0ghc&t=33s
If I had to take a random guess, this system is probably some form of an embedded Atom/Geode type device (if not just a notebook PC) with some CAN or RS485/422/232 interfaces attached via USB.
Trusting your life to Bluetooth on Linux. Ouch.
Yeah, I had the same thought. I really hope they had more of a safety plan than that.
It turns out it wasn't Bluetooth - it was one of those proprietary radios with a USB dongle which should be a lot more reliable. But still... it doesn't sound like they had any kind of backup at all. Maybe they just didn't talk about the backups?
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