
You can interface this system to your PC and use Windmill to automatically collect the data at regular intervals. The US and Canada has the OBDII system, Europe the EOBD system and Japan the JOBD system. This monitors vehicle conditions and components that are related to vehicle emissions. Relatively recently manufactured vehicles will have an On Board Diagnostics (OBD) system. With Windmill you can use your laptop to log and display your vehicle's fuel consumption, emissions, location and other parameters.

Data Acquisition » Serial Communications » RS232 Serial Port Regularly Logging a Vehicle's Fuel-Consumption, Emissions, Location, etc
