The hardware unit connects to a car's OBD-II Data Link Connector — an often-overlooked data port that's been standard on every car since 1996. Through the data link, Automatic has access to fuel ...

Why the difference? What does each pin of the 16-pin data link connector control? Let’s start with a breakdown of what each digit of the OBD-II fault code means. This will help you understand ...

Modern OBD implementations use a standardized digital communications port to provide real-time data in ... Diagnostic Link (ALDL) along with various OBD-II successors, is well worth a read. And in ...

OBD-II required a standard diagnostic link connector (DLC), located under the ... which provided limited access to data. Recently, we had the opportunity to evaluate a new challenger in the ...

every car sold in the United States since 1996 and in Europe since 2001 comes equipped with a connector known as an OBD-II (Onboard Diagnostics 2) port that gives the manufacturer, independent car ...

Announced today, Automatic aims at making cars more “smart” and “connected” by leveraging an iPhone’s Bluetooth connection and your car’s onboard computer. The Verge has a good overview of the ...

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Automatic, a dongle that plugs into your car’s OBD-II connector and sends data about your car’s performance and your driving via Bluetooth LE to an app on ...

or Assembly Line Data Link. But most call an ALDL the OBD-II port because it provides everyone from engineers at proving grounds to dealership technicians to shade tree mechanics a connection to ...

The Automatic Link dongle is a small, simple device with a single OBD-II port and a speaker ... The Automatic Link pulls data from the car's computer and sends the information to the app for ...

With more attention being paid to maximizing fuel economy, more and more we've been seeing devices that take advantage of the data supplied by the OBD-II port to report vehicle fuel economy using ...