Underhood electronic interior integration

An electronic system for a motor vehicle having a bulkhead separating an engine compartment and a passenger compartment, the bulkhead having an engine side and a passenger side, the engine compartment having an electronic device for performing a vehicle function, the electronic system comprising:

• a flatwire electronic site having a flexible substrate and electronic components attached to the substrate for operation of the electronic device;
• a flatwire bus electronically connected to the flatwire electronic site and the electronic device in the engine compartment for transmitting signals therebetween;
• the flatwire electronic site being mounted to the passenger side of the bulkhead;
• the bulkhead having an aperture sized to allow the flatwire bus to pass through the bulkhead into the engine compartment;
• and
• a gasket receiving the flatwire bus and positioned to engage the aperture in the bulkhead.