An OBD2 (On-Board Diagnostics II) scanner can provide information about the status and health of various vehicular systems.

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 ...

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All the mechanic has to do for an OBD-II compliant car is plug into the OBD port and view the output on another monitor, rather than fuss with attaching sensors to the exhaust and running the car ...

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It manages to combine data from the car’s OBD port, GPS satellites and your own smartphone. The only thing it doesn’t do is add Android Auto or Apple CarPlay to your car, but that might be ...

First things first, we need to address the fact that there are different types of OBD2 scanners. The more traditional kind is that which plugs into the port and has a screen and scanner built-in. As ...