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These features are summarized below:
| Barebone Feature | Physical Location in Car | Primary Functionality | Secondary Functionality | Hardware & Operation |
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| Push-to-start | Centre console | Turns on car | Push button | |
| E-stop | Centre console | Driver presses button to kill car | Indicator light illuminates on dash | Special push/ twist to release E-stop Button |
| Cabin BPS indicator | Centre console | Turns on if BPS fault | LED | |
| Horn | Steering wheel | honk | Push Button | |
| Accelerator Pedal | Pedal cluster | go faster | Off the shelf/ stolen accelerator pedal from real car | |
| Brake Pedal | Pedal cluster | mechanical brake; regen brake | brake light, disables cruise control, enables car to be turned on, enables shifting drive modes into D or R | Custom maybe? Use encoder to sense rotation |
| (Electronic) Parking Brake | Centre console | engage electronic parking brake | indicator light on dash | Lever. Pull up to engage, push down to disengage. Might need to steal from car |
| Steering Wheel | Steering wheel | turns car | resets turn signals stalk | |
| Turn Signal | Power Stalk | blinky lights, either temporary or locked | Custom lever. Flick up for right signal, down for left. | |
| Drive State Selector | Centre Console | Changes drive mode from Park, Reverse, Neutral, and Drive | Appropriate rear signal lights turn on. reverse = reverse lights, all else = running lights Drive mode indicated on dash | All push buttons. Will need to depress brake to switch into Drive or Park |
| Headlights | Power Stalk | headlights turn on, toggle between off, on, and maybe hi-beam? | indicator light |
| will show on instrument cluster display | Custom knob. Twist to go between off, DRL, on, and hi-beam |
| Hazard Light | Centre console | flashy flashy | Latching push button? Could also be regular push button | |
| Rearview Camera | Centre console or dash | continuous rearward vision (from 0-30 deg from centre) | Always on | |
| Speedometer | Dash | continuously displays speed of car | Speed displayed on Instrument Cluster | |
| Strategic Features | Physical Location in Car | Primary Functionality | Secondary Functionality | |
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| Side Cameras | Centre console or dash | intermittent L/R side vision (30-60 deg from centre) | Can be turned on using turn signals and/or some other buttons on steering wheel (undecided) | |
| Cruise Control (CC) | Steering wheel | maintains vehicle speed when activated. Target speed can be increased/decreased using buttons on steering wheel. CC can be disabled either from steering wheel or by pressing brake pedal | indicator light on dash. shows target speed on dash | A cluster of push buttons. Increase speed, decrease speed, and turn on/off (maybe hold for 1 sec to enable). |
| Regen Braking Toggle | Steering Wheel | Turns on/off regen | Regen level displayed |
| on instrument cluster display | Push button to switch between on/off. Could be updated later to cycle through various regen amounts | |||
| Radio PTT | Steering wheel | activates radio | indicator light on dash | Push button |
| Infotainment Screen with smartphone connectivity | Center console | shows a range of information non-essential to driving; supports android auto and apple car play for maps, music | ||
| Sound System | Throughout vehicle | Plays sick beats | ||
| Adjustable ventilation fans | Dash | Adjusts fan power for occupant ventilation |
Archived Resources: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1x7w4-MW3RmPzg76oRLMWgeVUpJ6C05qT
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