Hard fault in __libc_init_array

When starting my STM32 makefile project for the first time I encountered a very early hard fault in the startup code. It happened exactly when calling libc function at

The whole startup code came straight from ST, so I did not suspect it to be faulty. Here is what I have found out to fix the problem.
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Reading OBD2 data without ELM327, part 2 – K-Line

K-Line is another popular OBD2 interfacing standard, that has been used in European cars before CAN bus became common. There are a couple of physical variations (K-line, K+L, KKL) and slightly different protocols (KWP2000 or Keyword Protocol, and ISO 9141) running on those lines. Basically all you need to talk to an older car is an MCU with a UART and a single transistor. 🙂
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