An intelligent peripheral coupling board comprising subassemblies on a printed circuit board with at least one layer of circuit traces, wherein a network coupling subassembly for coupling the peripheral coupling subassembly to at least one - preferably central - control unit via a data network, and in a peripheral coupling subassembly zone of the board, an area for one or more peripheral coupling subassembly(s) for coupling to at least the one peripheral device to be controlled and/or regulated and/or monitored, and at least one connector component ( I/O-C) for electrically or optically or wirelessly connecting the peripheral coupling subassembly(s) to the peripheral device(s) is provided, wherein the network coupling subassembly comprising a zone connection as an electrical connection via one or more line(s) to the peripheral coupling subassembly(s) in the peripheral coupling subassembly zone, which serves to control the peripheral coupling subassembly(s), and the peripheral coupling subassembly(s) in the peripheral coupling subassembly zone each comprises a connector component connection for electrical connection via one or more line(s) to one or more pin(s) of the connector component ( I/O-C), characterized in that the peripheral coupling subassembly(s) in the peripheral coupling subassembly zone is/are aligned on a grid having a plurality of grid locations, wherein at least one grid location is provided in the grid of the peripheral coupling subassembly zone which can be wholly or partially occupied by a peripheral coupling subassembly to which one or more lines of the zone connection is or are assigned in at least one conductor track layer ( LO, L1, L2, L3, L4) of the board which is predetermined for this purpose and to which the respective peripheral coupling subassembly can be electrically connected via one or more contact(s), and at least one grid location is provided in the grid of the peripheral coupling subassembly zone which can be wholly or partially occupied by a peripheral coupling subassembly to which one or more lines of the connector component connection is or are are assigned in at least one conductor track layer ( LO, L1, L2, L3, L4) of the board which is predetermined for this purpose and to which the respective peripheral coupling subassembly can be electrically connected via one or more contact(s). a network coupling subassembly for coupling the peripheral coupling subassembly to at least one - preferably central - control unit via a data network, and in a peripheral coupling subassembly zone of the board, an area for one or more peripheral coupling subassembly(s) for coupling to at least the one peripheral device to be controlled and/or regulated and/or monitored, and at least one connector component ( I/O-C) for electrically or optically or wirelessly connecting the peripheral coupling subassembly(s) to the peripheral device(s) the network coupling subassembly comprising a zone connection as an electrical connection via one or more line(s) to the peripheral coupling subassembly(s) in the peripheral coupling subassembly zone, which serves to control the peripheral coupling subassembly(s), and the peripheral coupling subassembly(s) in the peripheral coupling subassembly zone each comprises a connector component connection for electrical connection via one or more line(s) to one or more pin(s) of the connector component ( I/O-C), the peripheral coupling subassembly(s) in the peripheral coupling subassembly zone is/are aligned on a grid having a plurality of grid locations, wherein at least one grid location is provided in the grid of the peripheral coupling subassembly zone which can be wholly or partially occupied by a peripheral coupling subassembly to which one or more lines of the zone connection is or are assigned in at least one conductor track layer ( LO, L1, L2, L3, L4) of the board which is predetermined for this purpose and to which the respective peripheral coupling subassembly can be electrically connected via one or more contact(s), and at least one grid location is provided in the grid of the peripheral coupling subassembly zone which can be wholly or partially occupied by a peripheral coupling subassembly to which one or more lines of the connector component connection is or are are assigned in at least one conductor track layer ( LO, L1, L2, L3, L4) of the board which is predetermined for this purpose and to which the respective peripheral coupling subassembly can be electrically connected via one or more contact(s).