Modern vehicles are rolling computers, with systems managed by embedded hardware and software designed to talk to the ...

OBD-II became the mandatory I/O diagnostic port on cars starting around 1996 in the US. Considering that the interface consists of a couple of I/O lines, serial/usb adapters have been ridiculously ...

That work was based on tapping into the OBD-II port normally used by mechanics for reading diagnostic codes. That method of car hacking, however, is of limited value to cyber criminals because it ...

[Alex Sidorenko] has built an open source OBD-II Adapter which provides a serial interface using the ELM327 command set and supports all OBD-II standards. We featured [Alex]’s inexpensive PIC ...

An On-Board Diagnostics port is a standard connector used to access ... this regulation had spread to all new cars sold in the USA, as part of the OBD-II specification. In 2001, the European ...

Indeed, Automatic shows photos and videos of its Automatic Link Bluetooth-enabled dongle being connected into an OBD-II port under the car’s steering wheel. According to The Verge, Automatic has ...

The best OBD-II scanners are a must for any car owner, thanks to their ability to unlock the secrets of your car. It doesn't matter how laid back you are, a mysterious light on your dashboard is ...

All vehicles built since 1996 are equipped with what’s called an OBD II (onboard diagnostics ... electronic analyzer into the vehicle’s OBD port that will display alphanumeric trouble codes ...