"Daimler-Chrysler has used real-time embedded Linux in a portable automotive diagnostic tool currently shipping to dealers and repair shops. The StarScan tool enables shops to work on 2004-model year and later Dodge, Chrysler, and Jeep vehicles incorporating CAN (controller area network) buses.
"CAN, a patented serial bus system developed by Robert Bosch GmbH, is currently emerging as a popular way to network 'intelligent' devices as well as sensors and actuators within automotive systems and sub-systems. The 2004 Dodge Durango was the first Daimler-Chrysler vehicle to use a CAN bus, and Dodge dealers began receiving StarScan devices to support Durango diagnostics in August of 2003..."
