Polish maker 0x1B has released a compact board designed to connect a Local Interconnect Network (LIN) to USB, in either primary or client modes and at speeds of up to 20Kb/s.

Designed as an alternative to the more expensive-to-implement CAN bus, the Local Interconnect Network was developed by Volcano Automotive Group and Motorola for BMW, Volkswagen, Audi, Volvo, and Mercedes-Benz. The first full version of the standard was introduced in 2002, with a second version released in 2003.

The board uses an NXP TJA1028T LIN transceiver to operate as the sole primary or one of up to 15 clients on a LIN bus, with ISO7221 galvanic isolation

As cars have become more sophisticated electronically, understanding the CAN bus that forms the backbone of automotive digital systems has become more and more important for hacking cars. Inexpensive microcontroller CAN interfaces have made obtaining the raw CAN bus traffic trivial, but interpreting that traffic can be pretty challenging. In order to more easily visualize CAN traffic, [TJ Bruno] has developed CanoPy, a Python tool for visualizing CAN messages in real time.

A basic PC CAN interface simply dumps the bus’s message traffic into the terminal, while more sophisticated tools organize messages by the address of their intended recipients.

Car Hacking | faster reverse engineering using CanoPy
https://tbruno25.medium.com/car-hacking-faster-reverse-engineering-using-canopy-be1955843d57

board::mini Is the Ultimate Vehicle Hardware Hacking Platform
Upcoming open source hardware supporting CAN, USB-C, WiFi, BLE, GPS, and more.
https://www.hackster.io/news/board-mini-is-the-ultimate-vehicle-hardware-hacking-platform-99dc0a13a2d5