[Diy_efi] J1850 (obdII)

[Scott Peitzsch]

Most '06 and newer vehicles are now CAN bus compliant.  You can now
use your favorite USB-to-CAN or RS232-to-CAN converter for the hardware
interface.

-Scott

> Talking to my Freescale contacts,  there are no more microprocessors 
> being built with J1850 communications modules built in.  The 68hc58 BDLC 
> (Byte Data Link Controller) stand-alone J1850 chip is obsolete and has 
> been so for some time now.  Motorola says J1850 is declining on 
> popularity.  Anyone know what they're replacing it with in new designs?
> 
> Bill