All cars and light trucks built for sale in the United States after 1996 are required to be OBD-II compliant. There are five OBD-II protocol types in use: J1850 PWM, J1850 VPW, ISO 9141-2, ISO 14230 KWP2000, and ISO 15765 CAN.
 
 

 
| SAE J1850 PWM  (Pulse Width Modulation at 41.6 Kbps, two wire differential) Pin 2: BUS+ signalPin 10: BUS- signal
 Active bus state: BUS+ is pulled high while BUS- is pulled low
 High signal voltage level: +5V (min/max 3.80 to 5.25)
 Low signal voltage level: 0V (min/max 0.00 to 1.20)
 Up to 12 message bytes, excluding frame delimiters
 Bit Timing;
 
 "1" Bit: Bus state active for 8uS (within 24uS bit period)"0" Bit: Bus state active for 16uS (within 24uS bit period)
 Start-Of-Frame: Bus state active for 48uS
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| SAE J1850 VPW  (Variable Pulse Width at 10.4/41.6 Kpbs, single wire) Pin 2: BUS+ signalIdle bus level is low
 High signal voltage level: +7V (min/max 6.25 to 8.00)
 Low signal voltage level: 0V (min/max 0.00 to 1.50)
 Up to 12 message bytes, excluding frame delimiters
 Bit Timing;
 "1" Bit: Signal low for 128uS or high for 64uS"0" Bit: Signal low for 64uS or high for 128uS
 Start-Of-Frame: Signal high for 200uS
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| ISO 9141-2   (Asynchronous serial communication at 10.4 Kbaud) Pin 7: K-line bidirectional for communicationPin 15: L-line (optional) unidirectional for waking up the ECU
 Idle signal levels are high
 Signals are active pull-down to 0V (0.00 to 2.40)
 High signal voltage level: +12V (min/max 9.60 to 13.5)
 Up to 12 message bytes, excluding frame delimiters
 Bit Timing;
 
 UART signaling at 10.4K baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop | 
 
 
| ISO 14230 KWP2000   (Asynchronous serial communication up to 10.4 Kbaud) Pin 7: K-line bidirectional for communicationPin 15: L-line (optional) unidirectional for waking up the ECU
 Idle signal levels are high
 Signals are active pull-down to 0V (0.00 to 2.40)
 High signal voltage level: +12V (min/max 9.60 to 13.5)
 Message may contain up to 255 bytes in the data field
 Bit Timing;
 
 UART signaling up to 10.4K baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop | 
 
 

 
| ISO 15765 CAN   (250kbit/sec or 500kbit/sec) Pin 6: CAN high (CANH)Pin 14: CAN low (CANL)
 Dominant or active bus state: CANH driven high while CANL driven low
 Recessive or idle bus state: CANH and CANL signals are not driven
 CANH signal voltage level: 3.5V (min/max 2.75 to 4.50)
 CANL signal voltage level: 1.5V (min/max 0.5 to 2.25)
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目前,J1850基本上已沒有什么車型使用,大部分采用后三種協(xié)議,就是我們俗稱的K線與CAN線。