Survey on “On Board Diagnostics - OBD”
Keywords:
OBD (On Board Diagnostics), ECU (Electronic Control Unit)Abstract
The diagnosis of the problems faced in automotive present some challenging tasks to the car manufacturing companies. The cars
must pose an easy to fix technique towards all of the issues picked up during its operation. The solution to this is the OBD. This
paper will help the understanding of - OBD and its concepts. It will also help us to know how the malfunctions in the working of a
car are detected by the OBD system, how are they identified using a scanning tool, how do Electronic Control Units(ECUs)
communicate with each other using the protocols and how is the interface provided between the car and the PC for error analysis.
Finally, the knowledge of software is provided which will help us know the use of OBD information for clever manipulations of
performance results made by the car.


