Case study

caniOn Rebirth: reconstructing the Mitsubishi ZEV CAN client and protocol

caniOn Rebirth reconstructs the Mitsubishi ZEV CAN protocol used by the caniOn v152 Android app for the i-MiEV, iOn and C-Zero. It documents frame identifiers and signal scaling, implements a JVM protocol engine with CLI and Android clients, and supplies a script that patches a user-provided APK to use standard ELM327 commands.

Targets: App · Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07

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Last commit: 2026-10-22
Language: Kotlin

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: The open-source client build requires JDK 17 or later.
Prerequisites: The patch script requires the original caniOn v152 APK supplied by the user.
Limits: The patched APK retains targetSdkVersion 29 for its legacy storage and Bluetooth behavior.
License: No licence file in the repository.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{canion-rebirth-case,
  title = {{caniOn Rebirth: reconstructing the Mitsubishi ZEV CAN client and protocol}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/linuxkafe/caniOn-rebirth}},
  url = {https://github.com/linuxkafe/caniOn-rebirth},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/canion-rebirth-case/}}
}

Plain text

caniOn Rebirth: reconstructing the Mitsubishi ZEV CAN client and protocol. https://github.com/linuxkafe/caniOn-rebirth (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/canion-rebirth-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · linuxkafe/caniOn-rebirth · Revision abb8bb1
docs/PROTOCOL.md GitHub · linuxkafe/caniOn-rebirth · Revision abb8bb1