Allen-Bradley LC-18-4CH-A1 Lighting Controller

Description:

The TMS LC-18-4CH-A1 Lighting Controller is used in machine vision systems to control the intensity and triggering of LED illumination. Commonly installed in automated inspection stations, robotic assembly cells, vision-guided manufacturing equipment, electronics production lines, and quality control systems. Maintenance teams and system integrators use this part for repair, retrofit, expansion, or replacement of industrial machine vision lighting control systems.

Applications:

The TMS LC-18-4CH-A1 Lighting Controller is commonly used in machine vision inspection systems, semiconductor manufacturing, electronics assembly, packaging machinery, barcode and OCR inspection, robotic guidance, and automated quality control applications where precise control of LED lighting is required for accurate image acquisition.

Technical Specifications:

• Manufacturer: TMS Lite
• Model / Part number: LC-18-4CH-A1
• Product type: Digital LED lighting controller
• Number of channels: 4 independent channels
• Controller supply voltage: 24 VDC
• Lighting input voltage: 5 V / 12 V / 24 V / 48 V DC (lighting dependent)
• Output current: Maximum 1 A per channel
• Operating modes: Constant, Strobe, Trigger
• Strobe timing: Adjustable 0–99.99 ms (10 µs steps)
• Trigger delay: ≤25 µs
• Communication interface: RS232 and TCP/IP
• Input trigger: 3.3–24 VDC rising/falling edge
• Output trigger: Rising/falling edge supported
• Dimensions: 103 × 93 × 43 mm
• Weight: 441 g
• Application environment: Industrial machine vision and automated inspection systems

Common Replacements:

• TMS Lite LC-18-4CH-A2
• TMS Lite LC-18-4CH-RGBW-A1
• TMS Lite LC-18-SQ-4CH-A1