driesdep3d ago

Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashed cars

https://bugs.xdavidhu.me/tesla/2026/03/23/running-tesla-model-3s-computer-on-my-desk-using-parts-from-crashed-cars/

Running Tesla Model 3's Computer on My Desk Using Parts From Crashed Cars

David Schütz's bug bounty writeups

Show threadgirvo3d ago
It's funny to hear LVDS be described as an "automotive" cable when all of my run-ins with it are for connecting laptop displays to their main-boards! (though that has a very different connector on it, and its a very general term for the signalling protocol from what I remember)
Show threadslfnflctd

Not saying there's anything wrong with your perspective (lots of terms get in muddied waters, it's common and not a problem if everyone is on the same page), but this is what I just found on Wikipedia:

"Early on, the notebook computer and LCD vendors commonly used the term LVDS instead of FPD-Link when referring to their protocol, and the term LVDS has mistakenly become synonymous with Flat Panel Display Link in the video-display engineering vocabulary."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-voltage_differential_signa...

Low-voltage differential signaling - Wikipedia

Mar 25 at 10:37pmWeb
Show threadgirvo3d ago
Yeah I saw that too which is why I posted my comment, it's surprising to me :) LVDS for display cables was an incredibly term in that context. Even still is sometimes despite them mostly being eDP (embedded-DisplayPort) now, which is quite incorrect hah
Show threadstephen_g3d ago
The cable in the article is pretty much doing the same conflation of terms that Wiki is talking about - the automotive one is a proprietary cable that carries some protocol that uses LVDS as its signalling, so at the most basic level both it and the display cable in the laptop are 'LVDS cables' but that's also the most generic term that gives you no information about the protocol actually being carried by the cables.