User:Andyn6361/enes100/CarHack

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Give instructor top 3 project choice list
Project Choices: 1. Flat Screen 2. Car Hack 3. Rube Goldberg

Write problem statement
How to gather information about the car through the car's computer (I.E. mileage, fuel range, speed, rpm, etc) outside of the vehicle through a phone, ipod, computer, etc.

Assign Task1
Find several On-board Diagnostic scanners and state their functions and any differences between the tools.

Compare actual work done to Task1
I searched for On-board diagnostic scanners and presented some applicable scanners the group can purchase.

Week1 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week1 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task2
Assigned to determine what a remote start system requires.

Compare actual work done to Task2
Figured out what wires that a remote start system needs from the car and researched radio-frequency identification tags as a method to start a car up.

Week2 Narrative
Wires include the accessory wire which links to the AC unit, the ignition wire that goes to the ignition switch, the starter wire which goes to the starter solenoid which then starts the starter, and the power wire which is connected to the car's battery. Another wire that is required for the remote start system is the receiver wire that will be connected to a receiver. In any case where there are more than one wire for a single function, a relay is required for any additional wire. All of these wires except for the receiver wire are located under the dashboard, usually right under the ignition key switch. Continued progress with researching about starting a car with a radio frequency identification tag. Commonly used on starting a car and unlocking its doors. radio-frequency identification or RFID uses small antennas and a computer chip to communicate to another RFID. These tags are considered easily hacked just by accessing it through its IP address. Problem though is that the steps to access it is undisclosed to the public. Publicly disclosing how to hack a radio frequency identification is strongly discouraged by major credit card corporations usually threatening with lawsuit. Finding a way to access these RFID tags means being able to hack into a credit card and have access into someone's credit card account.

Week2 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task3
Research on a central system that will be connected to all wires and transmit the message from the receiver to the other wires to start the vehicle.

Compare actual work done to Task3
Researched about the starter solenoid and the current that activates the solenoid and the current to return the solenoid to its original state.

Week3 Narrative
I connected the starter solenoid to the power supply and started to turn the coarse voltage dial and the current dial. As I turned the dials the voltage meter showed an increase in voltage and ampere. At an average of 8.6 volts and 0.45 amps the starter solenoid is triggered and the spring contracts. Once the solenoid was contracted, I turned both dials down and the spring expanded at an average of 0.5 volts and 0.04 amps. After I recorded the current and ampere of the solenoid, I researched the holding and actuate current on the internet. Once I read some of the documents, it was determined that the holding current and actuate current varies from each manufacturer but the holding current is actually the current that keeps the solenoid on and the actuate current turns off the solenoid.

Week3 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task4
Revise guide to making a remote start system

Compare actual work done to Task4
Rationalize differences

Week4 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week4 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Complete Project Page
Follow the "project done" format.

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