Industrial drives & automation: choosing the components
Industrial control equipment divides into control, communication, isolation, sensing, the power stage and the physical layer of connectors and HMI. This guide shows which J.P. Electronics manufacturer lines serve each block.
Which of our lines serves each block?
| Block | Our lines | What decides the choice |
|---|---|---|
| Control | NXP Microchip Geehy | Performance, functional safety, longevity of supply |
| Industrial communications | Novosense NXP | RS-485, CAN or industrial Ethernet, isolation |
| Isolation | Novosense Everlight Cosmo | Working voltage, CMTI, channel count |
| Sensing | Allegro MicroSystems Novosense Same Sky | Current, position, pressure or ultrasonic |
| Power stage | Navitas Taiwan Semiconductor Good Ark | Bus voltage, switching profile, thermal design |
| Connectors & HMI | CLAF KLS AV Display Yeebo Same Sky | Vibration, mating cycles, panel requirements |
What matters most in an industrial design that consumer designs ignore?
Lifetime. Industrial equipment ships for a decade or more, so supply longevity, second sources and honest lifecycle notices matter as much as the electrical specification. That is a distribution question as much as a design question, and it is where we do our best work.
Isolated or non-isolated comms?
Any RS-485 or CAN link that leaves the cabinet earns isolation. Ground offsets between cabinets kill transceivers slowly and intermittently, which is the most expensive kind of failure to find.
Working on a industrial drives & automation design?
Email your specification and we will map it to the right families across our lines, with samples for the ones you shortlist.