Eric Evenchick Hacking Cars with Python PyCon 2017

"Speaker: Eric Evenchick
Modern cars are networks of computers, and a high end vehicle could have nearly 100 different computers inside. These devices control everything from the engine to the airbags. By understanding how these systems work, we can interface with vehicles to read data, perform diagnostics, and even modify operation.
In this talk, we'll discuss pyvit, the Python Vehicle Interface Toolkit. This library, combined with some open source hardware, allows developers to talk to automotive controllers from Python.
We will begin with an introduction to automotive networks, to provide a basis for understanding the tools. Next, we will look at the tools and show the basics of using them. Finally, we'll discuss real world applications of these tools, and how they're being used in the automotive world today.
Slides can be found at: speakerdeck.com/pycon2017 and github.com/PyCon/2017-slides"

[@diegolopestec2]

Very cool, I liked of video. In my case, I'm using to collect data the library of in a little project with my friend.

[@travissage8758]

You probably dont care at all but does someone know a trick to get back into an instagram account? I was stupid lost my account password. I would appreciate any assistance you can give me!

[@PyMoondra]

Pretty cool, but also a little scary.

[@HiddenTruth346]

this would be cool to get cars to run on Ethanol instead of Gasoline

[@lionpersia]

Ethanol is more expensive than gasoline. Just remember how much you spent on alcohol the last time you visited your local bar :)

[@travishanson166]

Cars will run just fine on ethanol in ambient air temperature above 45° f. They start a bit rough colder than that, whether fi or carburated, but yes, the software could be used to optimize the fuel map for efficiency or power. If the factory ecu has an extra input, you could add a fuel sensor to run flex fuel automatically.