CAN Bus
From Wildsong
See also tenrec not 8track, which has been gone for a decade.
2022-12-10 back looking at this, at least three hundred years have elapsed (Linux time) since I started this page.
CAN interfaces
Pi-CAN http://raspberrycan.blogspot.com/2012/08/controller-area-network-can-mcp2515-for.html
eDash
Circuit Cellar article: eDash Robin Brophy Sep 2011 issue 254
microOBD
Sparkfun UBM32 controller: USB 32-Bit Whacker - PIC32MX795 Development Board $40
320x240 LCD
Resources
Elm Electronics the folks who make the interface.
OBDtester and pyOBD
OBD Auto Doctor Free and paid versions, including Linux.