A modern industrial lighting assembly can contain much more than LEDs. Drivers, power conversion, switches, sensors, circuit boards, connectors, wiring, and protective enclosures determine how the optical system operates and how it integrates with the surrounding machine or facility.
System Control
Controlling When and How Lighting Operates
Lighting controls can provide local switching, variable output, automatic operation, machine-state control, sensor response, or coordination with inspection and production cycles.
The control strategy should be developed around the application instead of adding electronics after the optical and mechanical system is complete.
Power Architecture
Power Conversion and Distribution
Industrial lighting may receive facility power, machine power, or a dedicated low-voltage supply. Power electronics convert and regulate that input for LED drivers, controls, sensors, and other components.
Legacy industrial resources for power supply companies illustrate the broader electrical-conversion equipment used throughout industrial systems.
Industrial Power Supplies →Circuit Assemblies
PCBs Tie the Electronic System Together
Circuit boards can support LED drivers, microcontrollers, connectors, protection devices, sensors, communication interfaces, and the LED emitters themselves.
Printed circuit board assemblies form the electronic foundation of many compact industrial products.
PCB Assemblies →Electrical Interfaces
Connectors and Wiring
Power and control signals must move between boards, fixtures, cabinets, sensors, and machines. Connectors and cable assemblies create those interfaces while supporting manufacturing and service.
Electronic connectors include many configurations for removable electrical connections in industrial equipment.
Protection
Electronic Enclosures
Drivers, power supplies, control boards, terminals, and communication electronics may require their own protected enclosure when they are not contained within the lighting fixture.
Electronic enclosures provide structural and environmental protection for electrical and electronic assemblies.
Electronic Enclosures →Design Review