1.4 BBY Engine Control Unit (ECU)

Here's a development control unit from an A2 1.4. It was previously used with a BBY engine. This unit has an additional diagnostic interface. Does anyone recognize this interface? Can anyone tell me anything about it? Is it simply a direct connection to the powertrain CAN bus?

I'm also hesitant to connect this to my A2 because I'm not sure how it will behave. The circuit board layout is at least almost the same as in my production-grade MSTG. It seems to be a slightly older version. I also don't know what the software does.

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Hi,

Then don't bother putting it in.
What do you hope to achieve with this?

Best regards, Rainer.

It's just curiosity... does it work? Does the software provide more information? Does it have an immobilizer or not?

Go ahead and try it out; maybe it's almost the same, or maybe not.

You won't be able to do much more with it than you would with a standard control unit.

What is the difference between development and production? Exactly - the development . That means, for example, a JTAG interface (for fast programming or in-circuit debugging) would be placed "outside" or interfaces for other components would be present. If you had to flash the software via K-Line/CAN all the time, you could take a coffee break with every flash operation.

As an "ordinary person," you wouldn't have any use for this interface, as I mentioned before.


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A2-D2 wrote:

It's simply curiosity... does it work? Does the software output more information? Is there an immobilizer or not? ...

WFS (Wireless File System) will be integrated. It can usually be disabled in the EEPROM anyway, so they wouldn't develop separate software for it. Yes, the software will likely provide more information, but probably through a serial channel, which would likely be connected to this connector.