Case study

OrangeCar: reconstructing the wired CarPlay phone side

OrangeCar reconstructs the phone side of wired Apple CarPlay on an Orange Pi 5 Plus so a car displays a locally rendered dashboard. Its protocol documentation follows USB role switching, iAP2 identification, CDC-NCM networking, mDNS and the AirPlay session that carries H.264 video, audio and input.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 9
Last commit: 2026-10-10
Language: Rust
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a demo observed; no download method found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires an Orange Pi 5 Plus, NVMe SSD, stable 5 V power and a USB-C connection to a wired CarPlay port.
Limits: The author reports testing with one Jaguar F-PACE head unit; wireless CarPlay is not implemented.
Limits: Phone calls and the Android Auto head unit are experimental.
License: GPL-3.0 licence.

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BibTeX

@misc{orangecar-case,
  title = {{OrangeCar: reconstructing the wired CarPlay phone side}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/sbuysse/orangecar}},
  url = {https://github.com/sbuysse/orangecar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/orangecar-case/}}
}

Plain text

OrangeCar: reconstructing the wired CarPlay phone side. https://github.com/sbuysse/orangecar (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/orangecar-case/

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docs/protocol.md GitHub · sbuysse/orangecar · Revision 31a4625
README.md GitHub · sbuysse/orangecar · Revision 31a4625