Car hacking | The CAN bus tutorial I wish I had

TJ Bruno
6 min readJun 13, 2019

The goal of this article is to provide readers the basic tools necessary to start reverse engineering a vehicle’s can bus — all for less than $5!

The Motive

I’d like to start by thanking everyone who took the time to read my first article. I learned a lot in the process and received way more views and engagement from different platforms than I could have anticipated.

In my own project I started off by using a Peak Can module, otherwise known as PCAN, that allowed me an easy way to begin…

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