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Old 10-13-2010, 02:38 PM   #123
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Originally Posted by cab2g View Post
trust me on this one, the more electrical components you have the the more failures you have. They add a lot of complexity to a rather simple system. One microprocessor has tens or hundreds of millions of components, and this one chip is connected to many other auxiliary electrical chips/components, all of which have a much lower tolerance for manufacturing/environmental issues than mechanical components. And then don't forget that they still suffer from the human factor in which a developer can program in a bug that causes an unexpected failure.
You are describing complex electronic systems (such as what manages the operation of a cars engine), not a simple DC motor that runs a pump. There are significant and very important differences between the two.
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