ATP: How OBD2 Works

Want to get started with car hacking? This video is for you!

Greetings and welcome to June! In this episode of ATP, I’m going to cover everything I consider required information about OBD2 to enable you to start poking around at the innards of your car’s data bus. We’ll do a brief history about why it exists at all, talk about the assorted buses and pinout of that oh-so-famous connector, cover the command structure, present examples and wrap up with an evaluation of how you might want to proceed (including some gear choices). I'll also point you toward more info to take you further.

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