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April 13, 2001 11:00 AM, EDT

The personal digital assistant comes in handy for surfing the Web, checking e-mail, taking notes and as a personal calendar and phone book. But the little devices are so customizable that it’s easy to add extra features — even ones that apply to truck maintenance.

So NEXIQ Technologies Inc. is working to adapt the electronic gadgets to check diagnostic data from heavy-duty truck engines.

NEXIQ is a major manufacturer of circuit boxes that translate signals from engine control modules into code that diagnostic software can understand.

For the full story, see the April 9 print edition of Transport Topics. .