Ask HN: Where to collab on building automative circuit/software mods?
I'm hoping to find an online community of devs/engineers that share work on hacking their car's OEM electronics across many vehicle brands.
Many small communities share aftermarket circuits (e.g. wranglerforums, tacomaworld, autohack, yodaTeq...), but I can't seem to find a good source for sharing work on building those circuits or sharing the source code.
Types of things I'd like to do:
- Adjust control software of various sensors in the car
- Put optional settings always-on/off (engine-shut-off-when-stopped, adaptive cruise, ECT power, all-wheel-power)
- Adjust the electronic transmission shift points
- Adjust the algorithm for shutting down cylinders Modifying ECU software is a reverse engineering problem. And a very challenging one at that. You could start with basic reverse engineering topics and work your way up. Get a copy of your ROM, get it loaded in a disassembler, and start reverse engineering. The number of people who do this worldwide is extremely small, and most of the good ones do it as a business. They’re not sharing their business secrets.