On4 Communications Inc (ONCI)

[angeloh]

Yep... This could run into the 30's pretty quickly...

My take on the new product PCB -
I enhanced the image, so you can see everything more clearly.
The connector is a simple 2-pin power connector. I used the exact same connector for a miniature circuit board about the size of this one. Also, you can see "PWR" just above the connector, so there you have it. My first assumption would be that there is a small 2-conductor cable that goes between 2 circuit boards inside the OBD housing, and that the other circuit board is the one that has the actual OBD port connector. Either that, or there is no circuit board on the port connector, and the wires for the other end of this power cable are simply crimped or soldered directly to the OBD connector.

The large silver "IC" is actually a multi-chip bluetooth module that has an onboard microcontroller unit with program memory, RAM and many other features (IMO).

The very small "U2" device in the lower middle portion of the board - in the shadows - is most likely the IMU module (IMO). It's hard to believe everything that can be integrated into such a small space these days, but that little chip/module has a 3-axis accelerometer, angular rate sensors configured as a gyroscope, and much more. It's a compete MEMS navigation sensor (MEMS = micro-electromechanical system).

Among other things, if mounted in a vehicle, this device can sense every detail of the ride experience - light/heavy braking, cornering,