Short, IP‑safe versions of my diagnostics articles. Full editions live on CARIAD Confluence (VW Group visibility). Runnable demos live in sovd-lab 1.
I learn best by turning standards into clear stories and runnable examples. SOVD makes web‑style diagnostics tangible (HTTP/REST + JSON + OAuth), and I use simple, anonymized demos to keep things reusable and safe.
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- IP safety: no brand names, no vehicle‑identifiable data, no copy‑pasted standard text.
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- Licenses: docs/images CC BY 4.0, code Apache‑2.0, synthetic data/diagrams CC0.
- 001 — Introduction to Automotive Diagnostics Standards
- 002 — Overview of Key Diagnostics Standards
- 003 — The Evolution of Diagnostic Standards
- 004 — OBD2 Basics
- 005 — OBD2 in real life
- 006 — Understanding UDS (ISO 14229)
- 007 — How to diagnose a braking system
- 008 — ASAM SOVD standarization recap
- 009 — SDV redefined and SOVD-Lab recap
- 010 — ALKS (UN-R 157): EU essentials for VKO HAAD
- 011 — SMS > SUMS + CSMS The equation of the regulatory landscape
- 012 — Once upon a time in General Safety Regulation
- 013 — (placeholder)
Each article explains a concept; each lab scenario makes it runnable.
Example: Article 004 (OBD-II basics) → Demo in obd2-sovd-sim.
For SOVD background: ASAM overview; ISO 17978 series (parts -1, -2, -3); Eclipse Automotive OpenSovd. 2 3 4 5 6