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If you’ve ever sat in the driver’s seat of an automobile, you’ve used the dashboard—or “instrument cluster,” to use the technical term. The dashboard puts all the information you need front and center, so you don’t have to take your eyes off the road to see what’s going on with the car.

Think, for a moment, about the dashboard in the vehicle you drive. Whether your vehicle is a 1973 AMC Gremlin, a yacht, or a Boeing 747, the characteristics are the same. They all provide:

• Instant, visual indications of the most important operational parameters of the vehicle.
• Visual and/or audible indications of abnormal conditions.
• Controls for certain important functions.
• Indications that are arranged to be seen all at once.