Acronym · Automotive
BCM (Body Control Module)
The ECU governing comfort and convenience functions such as lighting, wipers, central locking, windows, mirrors and immobiliser, aggregating many low-power loads and sensors behind CAN and LIN.
- Also known as
- Body controller
- Type
- Acronym
- Domain
- Automotive, Power and body electronics
Notes
In zonal designs the classic BCM dissolves, with its loads moving to zone controllers and its logic to central compute.
Related terms
Part of the Automotive glossary, with every term in the topic and the lifecycles, tools and standards that use them.
Where it appears on the Hub
No other page of the Hub uses this term yet.
Suggest an improvement
Suggest an improvement to this entry
A clearer definition, an example, a correction or a source an editor can check. Editors review every suggestion before the entry changes.
Last reviewed: not yet reviewed in depth. Entry last updated . The full glossary