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#388 – An Interview with Earl Sharpe and Collin Kidder

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Welcome Earl Sharpe and Collin Kidder of Macchina!

  • Macchina M2
    • 0h 0m 47s
  • Car hacker
    • 0h 1m 29s
  • Collin works on DIY electric vehicles
    • 0h 2m 1s
  • OBD2 was introduced around 1996
    • 0h 6m 56s
  • 2009 can bus
    • 0h 10m 47s
  • K line, L line, LIN
    • 0h 11m 43s
  • Freescale CAN
    • 0h 13m 24s
  • CAN developed by Bosch
    • 0h 13m 42s
  • CAN FD
    • 0h 14m 26s
  • CAN is differential
    • 0h 16m 17s
  • CAN vs LIN
    • 0h 17m 9s
  • LIN is slower/cheaper
    • 0h 17m 31s
  • LIN isn’t always on OBD2
    • 0h 18m 31s
  • OBD2 standard
    • 0h 19m 5s
  • Diagnostic data depends on the mfg
    • 0h 21m 7s
  • Under the hood version
    • 0h 21m 30s
  • Engine ECU
    • 0h 22m 17s
  • ECU, BCU (Body Control Unit/module)
    • 0h 22m 57s
  • Tesla has a main brainbox
    • 0h 26m 9s
  • Dealing with every flavor that’s out there
    • 0h 29m 20s
  • Standards changing between model years
    • 0h 31m 41s
  • Reverse engineering
    • 0h 33m 17s
  • XBee standard
    • 0h 40m 23s
  • Arduino compatible
    • 0h 41m 19s
  • Modular
    • 0h 42m 18s
  • CAN Bus library for Due
    • 0h 43m 19s
  • ELM327
    • 0h 46m 3s
  • Apps like Torque
    • 0h 46m 12s
  • Meta data is mostly the ID
    • 0h 47m 4s
  • 2048 message IDs
    • 0h 47m 12s
  • Tesla ID 15 is steering
    • 0h 47m 27s
  • Savvy CAN
    • 0h 48m 20s
  • Playing back messages
    • 0h 50m 21s
  • 4700 messages per second
    • 0h 52m 26s
  • What can you see/control on the bus?
    • 0h 56m 2s
  • Drive by wire
    • 0h 58m 34s
  • Encoded / checksum on the bus message
    • 1h 2m 12s
  • Replay attacks / counter bytes
    • 1h 3m 37s
  • John Deere firmware hacking
    • 1h 5m 22s
  • Rebuilder has to rebuild airbag
    • 1h 6m 31s
  • Getting started with the M2
    • 1h 9m 42s
  • Car Hackers Handguide
    • 1h 10m 1s
  • Looking at RPM (as a project)
    • 1h 10m 50s
  • Making a heads up display
    • 1h 12m 8s
  • Self driving cars
    • 1h 13m 38s
  • Bob Lutz SAE — brands will become the app maker (Uber/lyft)
    • 1h 14m 58s
  • LIDAR on the CAN bus?
    • 1h 16m 8s
  • FlexRay standard is way faster – 10MBit
    • 1h 16m 16s
  • Infotainment system
    • 1h 18m 8s
  • Jeep hacking happened via the radio
    • 1h 19m 21s
  • Security concerns
    • 1h 21m 37s
  • Find them online!
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    • @MacchinaCC
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Comments

  1. alexkaltsas says

    April 29, 2018 at 10:05 am

    I always was under the impression thta ECU is Electronic Control Module. An the Engine ECU is called PCM. Powertrain Control Module.

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