•Data is exchanged between 11 electronically controlled systems on a vehicle.

•The “Plutocrat” controller accepts, prioritises and ‘translates’ the address data into CAN format, and passes it to the appropriate module.

•At the recipient module the data are verified and handed over.

•Replaced a heavy, complex and unreliable wiring harness with three wires.

•Is the basis of a vehicle management system – an integrated system bringing all distributed intelligence under one common control.