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Connecting to the Renix ECU

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Renix Diagnostics for RaspberryPi

pydrewPyDrew 03/28/2021 at 14:180 Comments

The physical connector is a standard molex connector with their 0.093" pin configuration. ebay has a pair of plug and receptacle with pins for $10; if you're already placing an order to digikey where you're already paying for shipping, the plug portion is just $2 and pins are 10 cents each. If you prefer, you can print your own with the STLs include in RenixPi on GitHub

Jeep XJ/MJ diagnostic connectors (yellow arrow) on the passenger's side of the engine bay

The electrical specification for the Renix ECU is a very common output  of many ICs: open collector to ground (eg I2C). 

With a pull-up resistor, the (inverted) UART signal can be seen. And along with a transistor and another pull-up resistor, it can be decoded.

analog output of the ecu with pull-up resistor (top). digital decode after using a transistor to invert (bottom)

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