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A simple digital low pass filter certainly has uses, I just don't think any of them are applicable here. Averaging several values per reading certainly wouldn't tax the resources of even the smallest micros.

I was including the sensor in the 'analog system'. If full range is 0.2% BAC (optimistic), thats a step of over 0.01%! I'd expect more from a sensor that's supposed to perform "beyond a reasonable doubt".

I don't know if ASM would have really hindered analysis. Certainly it's easier to deliberately hide malicious code with ASM, but naive code is generally readable and I doubt the audit firm would have given up. Chances are an ASM programmer would have paid better attention to detail, too ;).

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