Modern vehicles can contain around 100 Electronic Control Units (ECUs). An ECU is a minicomputer that collects data and determines whether to activate a function based on the information received.

Although “ECU” typically stands for engine control unit, that’s not always the case. It can also mean electronic control unit, which may be the same thing, but could also be something that has nothing ...

The Engine Control Unit is a vital part of every car made in the last 40 years or so, but unlike just about every other electronic device, open source solutions just don’t exist. [Andrey] is trying to ...

ECU tuning is one of the easiest ways to get some more horsepower out of your engine in modern cars. The ECU, or the engine control unit, is essentially the brains of the vehicle, and it controls all ...

An electronic control unit is a device responsible for overseeing, regulating and altering the operation of a car's electronic systems. Each of a car's electronic features, such as an anti-lock ...

If you’ve never heard the term flashing an ECU before, no, it’s not showing a form of identification or using a photo flash—or any other type of flashing for that matter. Flashing an ECU is tuning or ...