Hacking your car with open source hardware and software

Marian Marinov CEO of 1H Ltd.

What we are facing in the moment?

Car manifacturers and government bodies limit our posibility to control our vehicles

We don't have access to things like Fuel/Oxygen distribution

Ignition process

Power distribution

Immobilizers

Car Alarms

IVI systems

All of the above systems are controlled with software

I have payed for my car!I own the stupid thing!

AND

I'm not free to understand it!I'm not free to change it!I'm don't have free access to its systems.

However, car burglars know more about the systems of my car, then I do!

What we can do to change this?

Write APIs that will interface with the car

Currently there is only a handful of software that can interface with OBD II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socketcan

http://vanheusden.com/O2OO/

http://www.obdtester.com/pyobd

http://sourceforge.net/projects/openobd/

http://obdtoolbox.sourceforge.net/

http://icculus.org/obdgpslogger/

What we can do to change this?

Debug our cars and publish our finding online

Share that knowledge

Educate our peers

What about old cars?

At the moment all car manufacturers are focusing on new models of cars

But almost no one is actually developing new systems for the old models

My car is 13 years old

It is called Maznio(in BG), in EN you may know it as Toadie (form the Gummy bears)

My car - Maznio

Maznio

What I'm doing to my car?

Smart(er) air conditioning

OpenSource free IVI system that does not limit it self to the standards of car manifacturers

GSM lock/unlock, start/stop and show me your location, system

Finally, I'm currently trying to convert my manual transmission to a semi-automatic

Smart(er) air conditioning

Smart(er) air conditioning

If outside is cold(bellow 17C), start warming.

If outside is hot(above 26C), start cooling.

If it is normal, don't do anything unless pushed :)

If the temperature is not even in the entire car, close some of the vents to even it.

Try to keep the selected temperature within 1 or 2 degrees of deviation

Currently all of that is done with Arduino and as you saw, 4 DHT22 sensors

The system is currently missing an interface to control the (at the moment) hard coded HOT/COLD and NORMAL values.

My entertainment system

Lenovo T61 with SSD drive

USB 3G Modem

USB Universal card reader

Additional USB WiFi abgn

USB 12V powered HUB

Dual boot Arch Linux/Android tablet

My entertainment system

When the car is parked, sync all of my movies and songs.

I used XBMC as media player on the tablet

For gaming, my wife uses the Android.

Audio from the tablet is exported via radio freq. to the main car audio system.

When the car finds a free WiFi, it immediately connects to it and share it with the passengers via the second WiFi (the one of the laptop).

When there is no connectivity it switches to 3G.

All the time, the car routes its network trough my home VPN.

GSM remote control for the car

GSM remote control for the car

Lock/Unlock

Start/Stop

Show its current location

Send a distress SMS or call

http://github.com/hackman/GSM_lock

GSM remote control for the car

Geogram One

Converting manual to an automatic gearbox

Converting manual to an automatic gearbox

Converting manual to an automatic gearbox

There are some issues however I want to remain free to move the lever when I wish

I want to remain in control over the gas and clutch

The clutch is wearing with time. How we can detectthat?

Deciding when to release the clutch entirely is varying very from car to car.

Future plans

Add parking door buttons(315 & 434MHz)

Buttons for stored seat positioning

More free bluetooth

Auto high/low beams

Parking assistant

Lane assistant

Road sign reader

Calculate the speed of the car in front

Calculate the speed of a car that is overtaking me

Integrate a maintenance manager with the OBD API

Rain detection

Thank you very much!

QUESTIONS ?

Marian Marinov CEO of 1H Ltd.