Circuit/System Description
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The dimmer switch is used to increase and decrease the brightness of the interior backlighting components. The body control module (BCM) supplies a reference voltage to the backlight dimmer switch, which is part of the headlamp switch. When the dimmer switch is placed in a desired brightness position, the dimmed voltage setting is applied through the dimmer switch and the dimmer switch signal circuit to the BCM. The BCM interprets this voltage signal, then applies a pulse width modulated (PWM) voltage through the backlight lamp control circuit and the LED dimming control circuit illuminating the components to the requested level.