Integrated Circuit Display
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The integrated circuit display is a vacuum fluorescent (VF) display that contains the odometer, trip odometer, and compass display on base clusters and the message center display on message center clusters. The compass module is hardwired to the instrument cluster. The odometer information is transmitted from the powertrain control module (PCM) over the communication network to the instrument cluster. The instrument cluster displays the appropriate message(s) upon receipt of the compass heading and odometer data received. For additional information on the message center, refer to INFORMATION AND MESSAGE CENTER .