No doubt there will be - except the vast majority of the little engines are used in the developing world where the pressures are less and the emissions from a little 30hp tractor not of the same order as the sorts of equipment in that article.
I met a couple of fellow cruisers that were being driven mad by their electronically controlled diesel: the engine did not like Brazilian diesel, it shut the engine down (the same fuel being regularly used without problems in any kind of diesel engines without electronics).
I also start my Stuart Turner using just a handle.
This is fine as long as the basic engine is entirely mechanical. But Common Rail engines depend on electronics to run the fuel injection system - instead of a pump delivering "pulses" of high pressure that opens a valve in the injector, the fuel system is always pressurized and an electrical impulse opens a valve in the injector. This gives much better control over the dosing and timing of fuel injection, resulting in better emissions control and better economy, but is entirely dependent on electronics.
Common rail diesels are far less tolerant of poor diesel. It is the price you pay for better power and lower emissions, but of course of less value to boats compared with road vehicles..I met a couple of fellow cruisers that were being driven mad by their electronically controlled diesel: the engine did not like Brazilian diesel, it shut the engine down (the same fuel being regularly used without problems in any kind of diesel engines without electronics).
Happily, they had a few jerricans left with European diesel: they started the engine with that and quickly switched to the local diesel for as long as the engine tolerated it before shutting down; repeat and repeat... What a nightmare
My then labrador hated me doing that and was as pleased as I was when it actually started. Also hated the Seagull until I reminded her that my salary from them paid for her food.
Actually, I am not sure that is true - it might even be entirely the opposite.
I wish mine did. Due to "deferred maintenance" by the previous owner, both raw water pumps have been leaking so much that the mounting nuts and studs have become a shapeless mass of rust and, with the poor access in a cat, the engines are going to have to come out to get at them for the serious surgery required.
Starting would be fine. It's the charging regime that the coding is required for. Anyway, I can't see that becoming a feature on marine engines.
Anyone with N2K already has a canbus as and far as I'm aware problems are pretty rare. All it needs is good connectors and sensible installation.
A Stuart Turner that you could start?
The batteries are coded to enable the smart alternator and recuperation strategy to work efficiently. Modern cars (Euros 5/6)? have a recuperation strategy to reduce CO2 emissions. Basically, when the car accelerates the alternator stops providing power to lessen the load on the engine and save fuel/reduce CO2 (the electrical system runs on the battery). When you brake or take your foot off the accelerator, then the alternator increases the load on the engine and dumps charge into the battery. It tries to manage the battery charge state to around 80-90% so recuperation can function efficiently - hence it needs to know battery capacity and type.
I tried but never managed it.
That would be true if the engine was in a car, but (with very odd exceptions) it's the opposite on a boat engine. No electric required to keep the stop solenoid "open", but it's needed to stop the engine.
This may be so with a car where you turn the key or press the stop button.