control board

a panel containing switches, dials, and other equipment for regulating electrical devices, lights, etc.

Also called control panel.

Origin of control board

First recorded in 1905–10

Before it there was a control-board complete with radar-screens.

Space Tug |Murray Leinster
It looked more like the control-board of a fair-sized steamship than that of a locomotive.

Our Railroads To-Morrow |Edward Hungerford
Calhoun sat down at the control-board and watched the clock.

Pariah Planet |Murray Leinster
So long as Calhoun did not touch the control-board, though, he was uninterested.

Pariah Planet |Murray Leinster

He leaned against the control-board desk top and folded his arms across his massive chest.

Danger in Deep Space |Carey Rockwell