# volvo_vida_db: reconstructing Volvo D2 ECU communication from VIDA

> volvo_vida_db reconstructs Volvo D2 ECU communication from VIDA 2014D database definitions and decompiled .NET services. Its scripts extract vehicle profiles and ECU parameters, form CAN request frames, reassemble multi-frame responses and decode parameter values for P1/P2-era vehicles.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/spnda/volvo_vida_db>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/spnda/volvo_vida_db/blob/e2f8ee165e373360d7f7fd0e80298f68c25bc07e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/volvo-vida-d2-protocol-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/volvo-vida-d2-protocol-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/volvo-vida-d2-protocol-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Access to a Volvo VIDA 2014D database is required for extraction.
- **Prerequisites:** Python 3.10+ with duckdb, pandas and inquirer is required for the Python scripts.
- **Prerequisites:** PowerShell 7 with the SqlServer module or the batch extraction path is used to generate CSV data.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/spnda/volvo_vida_db/blob/e2f8ee165e373360d7f7fd0e80298f68c25bc07e/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/spnda/volvo_vida_db/blob/e2f8ee165e373360d7f7fd0e80298f68c25bc07e/pyproject.toml>

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