ELM327 and compatible


Brand ELM ELM Vgate Vgate Vgate Vgate HiGold HiGold OBDLink
Series ELM327 ELM327 iCar-1 iCar-2 iCar-3 iCar-Pro HiGold HiGold OBDLink
Model ELM327
PIC		 ELM327
ARM		 1A
1A
1W		 2A
2W		  3D
 3E
 3F		 Pro S1 S2 SX
LX
MX
MX
Launch
Date		 2011.11
2011.12		 2014.12 2012.07
2014.01
2012.11		 2013.12
2013.12		 2014.12
2015.03		 2017.02 2017.06 2017.07 2011

Interface
Module

 RS232
USB2.0
 USB 2.0
Bluetooth2.0

Bluetooth2.0
Bluetooth3.0
WiFi-bgn

Bluetooth3.0
WiFi-bgn

Bluetooth3.0
Bluetooth4.0
WiFi-bgn

 Bluetooth3.0
Bluetooth4.0
WiFi-bgn		 Bluetooth4.1
WiFi-bgn
combo		 Bluetooth4.2
WiFi-bgnei
combo		 USB2.0
Bluetooth3.0
Bluetooth3.0
WiFi-bg

MCU
Bits
Operation speed
UART baud rate
Firmware upgrade

 PIC18F2480
8bit
4Mips
500Kbps
N/A		 ARM
16bit
?
500Kbps
N/A

ARM
16bit
?
?
N/A

ARM
16bit
?
?
N/A

ARM
16bit
?
?
N/A

 ARM
16bit
?
?
N/A		 STN1110
16bit
40Mips
10Mbps
Yes		 STN2120
16bit
70Mips
8Mbps
Yes		 STN1110
STN1110
STN2120
STN2120
Yes
ELM327
version		 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2
Module max
baud rate		 220K
3M		 3M
57600
 57600
115200
115200		 115200
115200		 115200

115200		 1M
1M
115200		 1M
5M
 4M
5M
 1M
1.5M
1.5M
115200
Module initial
baud rate		 9600 9600 38400 38400 38400 38400 38400 38400 38400
LED
indicator		 Power red
OBD tx yellow
OBD rx green
Link tx yellow
Link rx green		 Power*1
OBD*2
Link*2		 Power*1
OBD*1
Link*1		 Power*1
OBD*1
Link*1		 Power*1
OBD*1
Link*1		        

SSID

   None
CBT/CLK

VGATE
BUYOBD

V-LINK

V-LINK

   HiGold HiGold OBDLink

Bluetooth
pairing

   1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 1234 Auto

WiFi
IP

    

DHCP

DHCP

DHCP

 DHCP DHCP DHCP Auto

WiFi
password

    

N/A

N/A

¡@

 N/A N/A N/A N/A

WiFi
HTTP port

    

35000

35000

35000

 35000      

Button

 N/A N/A

Power
Power
N/A

Wake up

N/A

 N/A     Pairing

Sleep
WakeUp

 Yes
No		 Yes
No

Yes(60min)
No

Yes(30min)
No

Yes(30min)
partial

 Yes
Auto		 Yes
Auto		 Yes
Auto		 Yes
Auto

Power
Current
Sleep

 12V

15mA
 12V

12V

12V
200mA
20mA

12V
200mA
30/mA

 12V
200mA
3mA		 12V


 12V


 12V
62mA
2mA

Color

 black black

white
chanpaign

white-black
white-blue
white-green
white-orange
black-black
black-blue
black-green
black-orange

blue
red
white
green

 black     red
green
black
purple
Net
weight		 148g
122g		   31g 17g 16g
 16g     32g
Windows Y
Y		 Y
Y		 Y
Y
Y		 Y
Y		 Y
Y
Y		 Y Y Y Y
Y
Y
Y
Android N
Y		 Y
Y		 Y
Y
Y		 Y
Y		 Y
Y
Y		 Y Y Y Y
Y
Y
Y
Symbian N
Y		 N
Y		 Y
Y
N		 Y
Y		 Y
Y
Y		 Y Y Y N
Y
Y
Y
iOS N
N		 N
N		 N
N
Y		 N
Y		 N
Y
Y		 Y Y Y N
N
N
Y
SAE J1850
PWM		 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SAE J1850
VPW		 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
ISO 9141-2 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
ISO 14230-4
slow		 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
ISO 14230-4
fast		 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
ISO 11898
raw CAN		 X X X X X X ✓ ✓ ✓
ISO 15765-4
CAN 11bit250k		 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
ISO 15765-4
CAN 11bit500k		 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
ISO 15765-4
CAN 29bit250k		 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
ISO 15765-4
CAN 29bit500k		 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SAE J2411
SWCAN		 ✓ ✓ X X X X X ✓ X
X
✓
✓
SAE J2534 X X X X X X X X X
SAE J1708
(J1587)		 X X X X X X X X X
SAE J1708
(J1922)		 X X X X X X X X X
SAE J2818
(KW1281)		 X X X X X X X X X
Warranty 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 3 year
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