DCM Sistemes PLD1802A Direct Linear Light Projector (Bar)

Wavelength flexibility is the second design lever. The PLD1802A is offered in monochromatic UV (365 and 400 nm), blue (470 nm), green (525 nm), red (630 nm) and IR (850 nm), plus white and an RGB version. The installer picks the band to match the camera and the target: monochromatic light through a matched bandpass filter rejects ambient and sharpens edge contrast, longer wavelengths such as IR can change how surface coloration is rendered, and UV excites fluorescent markers or inks. The 180 mm long, narrow active strip is naturally suited to web, sheet and conveyor work, and the data explicitly lists line-scan vision among its applications: a bar this shape lays a bright line of grazing light across a moving product so a line-scan sensor can build a high-contrast image strip by strip. Pair it with white or RGB for color line-scan, or with a single monochromatic band for filtered mono work.

Driving and integration are straightforward but variant-dependent. The lamp runs on 24 VDC (+/-3%) and ships in four drive types: continuous (Type C), pulsed/powered (Type P), strobe (Type S) and iBlueDrive (Type i). The standard variants connect via a 2-pin male chassis connector (PIN1 +24 V, PIN2 0 V), and continuous use needs no external controller; the strobe variant draws far more instantaneous power - up to roughly 25 W versus about 2.2-5.8 W continuous depending on wavelength and drive type - and DCM recommends a VS-series strobe controller to overdrive and synchronize it to the camera trigger. The iBlueDrive variant instead uses a 3-pin aerial inline connector for trigger control. At 150 g it is light enough to mount on a small bracket or beside a line-scan camera, operates from 0 to 40 C (storage 0 to 60 C), and is rated IP40 (IP43 only when the light falls vertically), which positions it as an indoor, relatively clean-environment fixture rather than a washdown lamp.