TOYOTA DIAGNOSTICS ONLINE
You know, I seem to write many blog posts about special functions, and licenses, and how to adapt modules and program keys but it is like we tend to forget that Abrites is a diagnostic company which produces...
DARWIN AND NATURAL SELECTION – RR028
If Charles Darwin is to be trusted, the fifth stage in his process of evolution is Natural Selection. This finite state in the evolution of species applies very much to the modern automotive industry....
FN023 - THE BRIGHTEST FLAME BURNS QUICKEST. OR DOES IT? PART 2
It is not often that I use this platform to rant about what could be or what is about to happen. This week I want to continue talking about the FN023 and the new features that are about to come out with...
CINQUECENTO – THE BRIGHTEST FLAME BURNS QUICKEST. OR DOES IT?
We all do that a lot – we think about Italian cars and our simple human brains go straight towards Ferrari, and Lamborghini, and Pagani, and we tend to forget that there was one car that made post...
VIN READER - MODI - ONE HARDWARE AND SO MANY DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES
I believe MODI was created to democratize automotive diagnostics and I truly stand by this statement. It is a true diagnostic interface, designed by a diagnostic company to provide a solution to a very...
DIGITAL DASHBOARDS – A BRIEF HISTORY OF COOL
Let’s face it, it is 2023 and the cars we see around us are all 100% digital. Nothing about them is analogue and will probably never ever again be. There was a time when digital was cool, and we...
DECODING THE RENESAS RH850 / V850 PART NUMBERS ENIGMA
“We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.” These famous words by Alan Turing, possibly the greatest cryptographer of the 20th century resonate...
WHEN TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE
Those who know me will attest. Subaru is up there in my top 5 brands of cars. As with many other manufacturers it seems they too have lost the plot beyond return. Subaru’s new cars are soulless amalgamations...
TUNING INTO THE TOYOTA TN0XX LICENSES
As I am sure most of you know, in the past couple of years we have been hard at work chipping away at the latest generations of Toyota and Lexus cars. This led to many sleepless nights and a lot of testing,...
ABRITES RH850/ V850 PROGRAMMER, THE LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE
Sometimes we find ourselves on the verge of a breakthrough, not just as individuals but as a species. Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison are both famous for their war of currents but not just that, they had...
BOSCH MD/MG ECUS OVERVIEW AND BMW ADAPTATION PROCEDURE
Another week went by in a flash, and I wanted to take the time and talk to you about one of the most requested subjects from our online feedback platform. Most of you guys asked us to talk about the replacement...