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by kraln
Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:52 am
Forum: Tesla
Topic: Tesla Model 3 Rear Drive Unit Hacking
Replies: 762
Views: 402821

Re: Tesla Model 3 Rear Drive Unit Hacking


I’m happy to be very open with any solutions for getting this running - even if it means flashing the same firmware on every drive unit that we want to run.


If I was a betting man, this is where I'd place my bets on "Tesla legal has an issue with this". I'd much rather go for someting along the ...
by kraln
Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:54 am
Forum: Tesla
Topic: Tesla Model 3 Rear Drive Unit Hacking
Replies: 762
Views: 402821

Re: Tesla Model 3 Rear Drive Unit Hacking


To begin with, who on the forum knows how to read the firmware from the inverter?


The inverter's main microcontroller is a TMS320F28377D, which is its own architecture microcontroller/DSP (C28x) that dates back to the very early days of Ti--it's not ARM Cortex or AVR or anything "normal". It ...
by kraln
Mon Oct 23, 2023 2:19 pm
Forum: Tesla
Topic: Tesla Model 3 Rear Drive Unit Hacking
Replies: 762
Views: 402821

Re: Tesla Model 3 Rear Drive Unit Hacking


I have an interesting project that some friends and I are working on. We have a rear drive unit from a plaid that we'd like to get working without swapping any hardware, we want to control it with CAN and whatever methods the vehicle does so as stock.


The Model 3 drive units are ...