When using LED stripes to illuminate a showcase, it is nice to mount them in a zig-zag fashion. The jig makes it easy to solder the ribbon cables connecting the stripes with one or two 90° angles and gives the wiring a clean look.
Since I expect a lot of people to need slightly different designs, I created a customizable model in OpenSCAD where you can change the number of pins as well as the width of the led stripe.
If you need the bend in the opposite direction, please mirror the STL in your slicer software.
Adjustable parameters:
The outlets for the wires in the jig will be evenly distributed over the length of the LED strip. Be carefull: if the number of wires time the wire-width is larger than the width of the LED strip, the model will not work anymore.
Update: the extremely short channel holding the wire on the inside bend makes it difficult to solder. A straight section (parameter: length_straight) can be used to add a straight section after the bend for easier soldering.
Category: Electronics
The author remixed this model. Imported from Thingiverse.
I copied the principle idea and completely redid the design in OpenSCAD. In my version, the key parameters are variables and can easily be used by the user to adapt the jig to his needs, e.g., the width of his LED stripe, the number of contacts, …. Also, I lowered the height of the jig's side to make the contacts easier to reach with a hot soldering iron.