# Automotive engineering
## MicroSim spec
- **Recommended sim type:** [[Algorithm|algorithm]]-steps
- **Microsimmability score:** 26/100
- **Layout:** drawing region (canvas) on top; control region (sliders/buttons) below.
### Parameters (tunable controls)
- `Input size N` (number of elements)
- `Speed` (step animation rate)
- `Pivot/strategy` (algorithm variant selector)
### What animates
The algorithm executes step by step over the data; comparisons, swaps, and the running state are highlighted as it proceeds.
### Learning objective
Trace how the algorithm transforms its input step by step.
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## From the Real GENERATIVE library (beauty pass)
*Automotive engineering — image hotlinked from Wikimedia Commons (via the Real G.E.N.E.R.A.T.I.V.E. course library, Electronics room). [Details & license](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FAE_visualization.jpg).*
> Automotive engineering, along with aerospace engineering and naval architecture, is a branch of vehicle engineering, incorporating elements of mechanical, electrical, electronic, software, and safety engineering as applied to the design, manufacture and operation of motorcycles, automobiles, and trucks and their respective engineering subsystems. It also includes modification of vehicles. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_engineering))
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> p5.js MicroSim stub · part of Systems Engineering · [Wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_engineering)
> Relation: subfield of systems engineering.
## Concept summary
Automotive engineering, along with [[Aerospace_engineering|aerospace engineering]] and [[Naval_architecture|naval architecture]], is a branch of vehicle [[Engineering|engineering]], incorporating elements of mechanical, electrical, electronic, software, and [[Safety_engineering|safety engineering]] as applied to the design, manufacture and operation of motorcycles, automobiles, and...
## Build checklist
- [ ] Claim it: set `status: in-progress` + `lease` + `leased_at`
- [ ] Write the child page explaining the concept (tie it back to systems engineering)
- [ ] Finalize parameter ranges and defaults
- [ ] Implement the p5.js sketch (drawing + control regions)
- [ ] Add caption + the learning objective on the page
- [ ] Set `status: done`
## p5.js sketch
```javascript
// MicroSim: Automotive engineering
let controls = {};
function setup() {
// createCanvas(...); create sliders for the parameters above.
}
function draw() {
// background(...); read controls; render algorithm-steps; respond live.
}
```
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## Wikipedia : Wikitube
**Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_engineering) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Automotive_engineering)
## Previous hub tags
Tree parents: [[Reliability_engineering]] · [[Systems_engineering]].
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