24V to 5V Converter

A 24 volt to 5 volt converter steps a 24 volt industrial bus down to 5 volt logic. Twenty-four volts is the standard bus voltage of industrial control cabinets, trucks, and buses, while 5 volts is the voltage of the controllers, sensors, and communications modules inside those cabinets and vehicles. The buck category on this site lists a 12 or 24 volt to 5 volt option that covers this conversion.

Industrial cabinets are the natural home of this conversion, and they bring a specific concern: electrical noise. Motors, contactors, and long cable runs inject noise onto the 24 volt bus, and logic circuits are sensitive to it. Where the 5 volt load is a controller that must not see that noise, an isolated supply is worth considering alongside the buck option, and the isolated category page explains the separation that isolation provides.

As with the 12 to 5 volt case, total load current is the sizing figure: a cabinet's logic loads add up, and the converter must serve the total. State the total current and the cabinet environment in the inquiry. Before ordering, confirm quantity, price and delivery time. Certificates are available upon request.