DCM Sistemes BKL0505A Area Backlight

Electrically and mechanically the unit is built to drop into a fixture with minimal fuss. It runs on 24 VDC and, in the continuous (C) variant, draws just 1.2 W (white W00) and connects through a 2-pin aerial connector on the chassis with no controller required, so it can be wired directly to a panel supply and left on. The anodized-aluminium housing measures 62 x 55 x 22 mm and weighs only 91 g, making it light enough to mount on a small bracket or integrate into a compact transmitted-light stage. The 22 mm depth and 50 x 50 mm window define the envelope you have to design around, and the IP40 rating plus a 0 to 40 C operating range mark it as a clean-environment device for enclosed cells rather than a washdown or high-temperature line.

Wavelength and operating mode are the two levers that change what this light reveals. The standard build is white (W00), but the same body is offered in blue 470 nm, green 525 nm, red 630 nm, IR 850 nm and RGB versions; narrowing to a single wavelength lets you pair the light with a matched bandpass filter to reject ambient light and sharpen the silhouette edge, and the shorter blue and green wavelengths generally give slightly finer edge definition than red or IR for precision gauging. Mode selection matters for moving parts: the continuous (C) version needs no controller, while the strobe (S) version and RGB builds require an external strobe/RGB controller, and the iBlueDrive (i) variant uses a 3-pin aerial connector. The supply tolerance differs by mode as well, holding to plus/minus 3% in continuous operation and the looser plus/minus 8% under iBlueDrive. For anything on a fast-indexing line, plan the strobe variant and its controller in alongside the camera trigger so the flash is synchronized to exposure; for static or slow-moving inspection, the continuous version keeps the integration trivial.