LED Lighting systems consist of several fundamental parts.   When a lighting system is of sufficient size, these individual parts becomes easy to distinguish.   A typical system will contain AC to DC voltage conversion, constant voltage to constant current regulation, signal control electronics, and of course the LED light fixtures themselves.

A high quality system with modular parts, should expose a clear demarcation point between all the fundamental areas.  One part of the interface for the 120-270 series of LED lighting systems is the 120-270 Interconnect board.

The Interconnect board receives the PWM output from the controller board.   It passes off those signals down to the drivers.   The constant current driver outputs return to the interconnect board for distribution to the LED light fixtures.  The Interconnect board also handles 12 volt feeds to the LED fixtures and one wire feedback from the light fixtures back to the controller.

Features:

• High Amperage AMP Mate-n-Lock II Connectors
• Littlefuse Mini Blade Fuses (for 12 volt feed to light fixtures)
• Red/Green LED Indicators to quickly identify blown fuses at a distance
• Redundant 12 Volt Power Rails
• Split Board design to handle RGB/RGBA Groups of 20, 16, 12, 8, and 4
• Open Design that Permits Flexible LED Wiring Configurations

High Amperage AMP Mate-n-Lock II Connectors

These are very high quality, keyed, positive locking connectors that send constant current out to the LED light fixtures.    These are highly over-rated at 19 to 29 Amps so you can be sure that years from now you they will be usable on the newest highest current LEDs on the market.  These connectors are very easy to work with.  No special tools are required to remove and reinsert pins in all the couplings between the IC board and the light fixtures.  In fact, if the coupling were any smaller they would be difficult to grasp.

These connectors expose Red, Green, Blue, Amber, Ground and one Auxiliary line for a total of 6 connections.  Each connection can be custom configured.

Littlefuse Mini Blade Fuses (for 12 volt feed to light fixtures)

This interconnect board exposes a 12 volt line for use at the light fixture.  Light fixture may need power for temperature monitoring, cooling control, and communication back to the controller board.   A 12 volt feed is not a current controlled source of power so this line must be protected with a fuse.  Maximum power transfer through this source is recommended at 1 Amp.   Also, these fuses are the same size used in automobiles and they can be found at any local automotive supply store.  We don't force you to purchase proprietary supplies from us.

Red/Green LED Indicators to quickly identify blown fuses at a distance

Blown fuses are difficult to see in normal light.   Who has time to find a flashlight and go hunting when a light fixture is out of power?  This system features color LED indicators on this board to show fuse condition in an instant.   A green LED confirms that the fuse is ok and a red LED indicates a fuse is blown.

Redundant 12 Volt Power Rails

12 Volt power output to the light fixtures can be sourced from 5 different power sources for redundant coverage.  This offer an opportunity to use redundant power supplies as well as redundant power feed cables.

Split Board design to handle RGB/RGBA Groups of 20, 16, 12, 8, and 4

You are not required to connect one light fixture to just one set of controller outputs.  You may connect approximately 200 light fixtures to a group of LED RGB/RGBA outputs.   In some cases where you have a disproportionate number of light fixtures on one group of LED outputs, you can section the Interconnect board to pair up those light fixtures appropriately.   Therefore, we have make the Interconnect board a split design.  When required, the board can be cut on any normal 4mm radial saw and used in separate pieces.  There are 2 cut lines on this board that allow for 4 extra configurations.

Open Design that Permits Flexible LED Wiring Configurations

This board is typically hard wired to the drivers.   You can wire the drivers to this board an any way that suits your application.  You are not restricted to any pre-conceived wiring pattern.  This permits you wire LED outputs in series or parallel as appropriate to your design.