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Prius inverter disassembly

and a bit of reverse-engineering A wonderful opportunity was presented to me -- to have a spare Prius inverter assembly to do whatever I wanted with, and even a few extra bonus modules thrown in. While the technically-astute segments of the Prius owner community are already fairly aware of what's inside these things, having the parts right there to play with and do deeper analysis on adds a whole new dimension of understanding, which I can try to bring to the viewer in as much detail as possible. This project in part follows some earlier footsteps laid down by the National Labs at Oak Ridge and Argonne, where they did fairly thorough analysis of the third-generation Prius as part of the transportation research arm [funded, I might add, by your tax dollars, and yet producing few if any *effective* initiatives with regard to weaning us off oil.] Sometime after data-gathering and early stages of this began, news of the Embedded Systems Conference live-on-stage "Prius tear...

Car Error Codes

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Explanation of Codes... This page lists 5,000+ generic OBD2 Diagnostic Trouble Codes. You can also access the database by downloading the  printable offline versio n  ( ideal for auto mechanics ). If your vehicles code is not found on this page, then downloaded our free Windows  OBD Code Lookup Software  — which also includes car manufacturer codes. TIP:  This  helpful resource site  will reveal  problem, cause, solution  for every fault code. NOTE:  If your existing OBD software or scanner is not returning helpful data, you may want to consider getting advanced OBD scanner  like  TOAD . Which will dig a lot deeper into your car's performance, health, chip data.   Difference Between Generic & Manufacturer Specific... Code type Explanation Generic (normally P0xxx) The definition for the code is defined in the EOBD / OBD-II standard and will be the same for all manufacturers. Manufacturer-...