The purpose of lights control boards is to receive instructions from the driver controls board through a CAN message and take action accordingly. There are two lights boards on the car. One board is located at the front and one at the back. The boards will use the same software. Thus, software needs to determine which board it's being operated on. The responsibilities of each board is as follows:
Front Board:
- Headlights: control the TESLA headlights.
- Left and Right Signals: Blink the left and right signals.
- Hazard: blinking signals for hazard.
- Horn: for activating (honking) the horn.
Rear Board:
- Brake Lights: Control the brake lights
- Strobe Light
- Left and Right Signals
- Hazard