Integrated controller platforms for modular power and signals management used with printed circuit boards or standard relay fuse boxes; software for programming, configuring, and simulating integrated controller platforms for modular power and signals management used with printed circuit boards or standard relay fuse boxes; control apparatus for electrical systems of vehicles and self-propelled machinery; programmable control apparatus for electrical systems of vehicles and self-propelled machinery; electrical plug-in sockets for control apparatus for electrical systems of vehicles and self-propelled machinery; electrical gateways for data processing and communication between networks of vehicles or self-propelled machinery; programmable electrical gateways for data processing and communication between networks of vehicles or self-propelled machinery; electrical plug-in sockets for electrical gateways for data processing and communication between networks of vehicles or self-propelled machinery; software for programming a control apparatus for electrical systems of vehicles and self-propelled machinery; software for programming an electrical gateway for data processing and communication between networks of vehicles or self-propelled machinery; CAN bus control apparatus, gateways and interfaces; software for programming CAN bus control apparatus, gateways and interfaces