LED strip Soldering jigs

What it is

Small soldering jigs for LED strips that allow to cut and fix the then stripped cables in place. With a dab of hotglue or some heat-shrink tubing they may even stay in place to secure the finished connection.

Available are:

How to print

Recommended for printing is a layer height of 0.20mm or smaller and a 0.4mm nozzle. The provided printing files feature modifiers for optional color changes. Since the clips are small they are prone to first layer issues, this design really benefits from printing it as KitCard. → Such printing profiles are provided as well.

How to use

Soldering wires to LED strips

• Put the cable in place first and cut the wires according to the line given by the jig
• Strip the cables (or rely on melting the isolation later on while soldering)
  • optional: place heat-shrink tubing
• Place the LED strip in place
  • optional: secure it with the clips
• Place the cable in place
  • optional: secure it with the clips
• Solder

I tend to use the optional clips if a LED strip or cable is somewhat wayward, otherwise they are not needed.
In case you want to fix a weather proof LED strip where the printed clips do not work, a clothespin, binder clip, … , cable tie (reusable?) works as well.

Soldering connectors to LED strips (tested with Molex KK 254 and JST-XH 2.54)

• Clip the LED strip onto the upper part that houses the cable channels
  • optional: place heat-shrink tubing before
• Place a connector onto the lower part with its pins facing the strips solder pads
  • optional: one clip as endstop or rubber band/clothespin/binder clip/… to hold the connector
• Solder

What next

There may be improvements and modifications based on feedback given here.

Expanding the variety of variants is partially triggered by request, provided the required dimensions are specified.
Maybe, take a look at my other designs ;-)