Products
A box for each job
Every Ridgewake device is a small Wi-Fi board in a printed box, made in small batches, reporting to one account. None is on sale yet: each goes on sale once its radio testing and paperwork are done.
The logger
Two boxes: a small connector box in the OBD-II port and a main box with GPS anywhere in the car. Every drive, by itself, in the app.
Tracking edition
The logger with its own connection to the mobile network: where the vehicle is now, a theft alert and geofences.
K-line logger
One box for older cars that speak K-line (about 1996 to 2007), and for Honda's fuel-injected jet skis and ATVs.
Which one?
- A car or light truck from 2008 on: the logger
- You want to see where it is right now: the Tracking edition
- An older car, or a Honda AquaTrax or Rincon: the K-line logger
- Not sure your vehicle is covered? Check your vehicle
Prices are on the pricing page once they are set.
Ridgewake and a typical Bluetooth OBD dongle
A typical dongle is one small plug that talks to an app on your phone. Some do more than this; most do not.
| Feature | The Ridgewake logger | A typical Bluetooth dongle |
|---|---|---|
| Records a drive with no phone in the car | Yes, by itself | No: an app has to be running on a phone |
| The route on a map | Its own GPS, in the main box | The phone's GPS, while the app is open |
| Sends its drives home | By itself over Wi-Fi, or through your phone | Only what the phone saw |
| Check-engine light and new trouble codes | By email, in plain words | On the phone's screen, while the app is open |
| Changes nothing in the car | It only reads: anything else is refused | Many can also clear codes and change settings |
| Trucks and boats | J1939 and NMEA 2000, through a connector box with their plug | Usually cars only |
| Updates | By itself over Wi-Fi, or from the app | Depends on the maker |
| Your data | Export it all as one ZIP: spreadsheets and GPX routes | Depends on the app |
| In the car | Two boxes: one in the port, one anywhere on a USB car charger | One plug in the port |
| Price | Price TBD | Often low |