Figures 3 and 7, illustrate an initiator assembly (10) with an enclosed on-board control circuitry (30), and a mating connector (80). The initiator assembly (10) is comprised of conventional ignition element which contains a header eyelet (44), a ground electrode pin (22), a glass insulator (48), an isolated electrode pin (21), a pyrotechnic charge (46), and an ouput can (42). The control circuitry (30) is comprised of an electronic board (31) and electronic components (32), which is enclosed within the initiator molded body (20) and placed outside the gas seal area, in order to have an increased chance of survival and communication after deployment. The mating connector (80) is comprised of a conventional bus wire (89), an enlarged opening (88), and a bus wire electrical interface (90).