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Dashboard instruments displaying various car and engine conditions. Where the dashboard originally included an array of simple controls (e.g., the steering wheel) and instrumentation to show speed, fuel level and oil pressure, the modern dashboard may accommodate a broad array of gauges, and controls as well as information, climate control and entertainment systems.
The center console of a Volkswagen Passat featuring a floor mounted gear selector. The center console of a Tesla Model X featuring a touch screen display.. The center console (American English) or centre console in an automobile consists of the control-bearing surfaces in the center of the front of the vehicle interior.
A vehicle instrument is an instrument that measures some parameters in the vehicle, often found on its control panel or dashboard. Types. Speedometer; Tachometer;
The panel featured a nonglare electroluminescent illumination system combining red needles and numerals that glowed green. [2] [4] The lighting system was marketed as "panelescent." [2] It was a design improvement from an instrument gauge used from 1949 until 1954 on all Chrysler branded vehicles, while adding a futuristic appearance.
It could be used to find the altitude of the Sun or determine local time. It let sunlight shine through a small orifice on the rim of the instrument. The point of light striking the far side of the instrument gave the altitude or tell time. All those mentioned were the traditional instruments used until well into the second half of the 20th ...
NMEA 2000, abbreviated to NMEA2k or N2K and standardized as IEC 61162-3, is a plug-and-play communications standard used for connecting marine sensors and display units within ships and boats. Communication runs at 250 kilobits-per-second and allows any sensor to talk to any display unit or other device compatible with NMEA 2000 protocols.
This is done, among other ways, by purchasing national distributors (such as Eissing in Germany and SD Marine in France) or opening their own branches, so-called subsidiaries. On 1 July 2011, Raymarine Nederland's own branch (in Velp) was opened, after the then importer, Holland Nautic Apeldoorn, had indicated that it wanted to stop ...
Glasspar built boats in ranges from car toppers to 21-foot (6.4 m) models and everything in between. Just prior to 1969, when Glasspar was sold off, there were even 21-and-25-foot (6.4 and 7.6 m) oceangoing models.