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imglorp
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Farmers are hacking their tractors because of a re...
Why? Just to single source the camera?
rootusrootus
on March 5, 2020
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Yes, to preserve the income from selling the cameras, to pay for the R&D.
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What about proprietary PMIC?
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=238779#p1...
MxL7704-R3/MxL7704-R4 are custom single client versions of the common chip, Apple does the same thing with Charger ICs.
imglorp
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Just speaking for myself, I'd rather pay a dollar or two more for an unencumbered Pi than have any restrictions on how I can use it.
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