LED Panel Alignment Soldering Jig

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### Overview The LED Panel Alignment Soldering Jig is a 3D-Printable "jig" to hold LEDs in place or against a panel, to help ensure the LEDs are installed / soldered with a consistent depth. **This will only be useful if you use the customizer (or OpenSCAD)!** Included STL is an example only. ### Details When assembling certain DIY projects (especially [Eurorack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurorack) modular synthesizer projects), or performing certain repairs, one often needs to align one or more LEDs - often a row or grid - to a panel. Getting this spacing consistent can be tricky; this jig is designed to be placed up against the panel (held with a spacer, or tape), allowing the LEDs to nestle into it, at the exact depth specified! #### Customizer Settings | Name | Default | Description | Notes | |------|---------|---------------------------------------------|--------------| | **Component Specs** |||| | `led_diameter_mm` | 3 | LED diameter (mm) || | **Layout** |||| |`led_cols`|3|Num. of LEDs in column / "across"|| |`led_rows`|1|Num. of LED rows (Often 1)|| |`led_spacing_mm`|10.16|Spacing between LEDs (mm), measured center-center or same-edge to same-edge. 10.16mm=0.400"| See [LED Spacings](#led-spacings)| |`led_protrusion_mm`|1.5| How far from the panel the LEDs should protrude (Suggestion: 1/2 of led_diameter_mm)|| | **Jig Size** |||| |`jig_thickness_mm`|3||How thick is the jig/platform?| Stepping 0.1| |`automatic_border_size`| false | Automatically pick the jig's outer border size|| |`jig_outer_border_mm`| 5.0 | Jig's outer border/edge size (Ignored if automatic_border_size is used)| Stepping 0.1 | #### LED Spacings These are some LED spacings I have used. Please submit spacings you encounter! | Inches | mm | Examples | Notes | |--------|-------|----------------------------|---------------------------------| | 0.400" | 10.16 | [Tesseract Modular Sweet Sixteen Faderbank](https://www.tesseractmodular.com/eurorack-modules/sweet-sixteen-mkii) || | 0.500" | 12.7 | [Westlicht PER\|FORMER Sequencer](https://westlicht.github.io/performer/) | aka Westlicht Performer| ### External Links - [Official / Original Github reposistory](https://github.com/GeoMaciolek/led-panel-alignment-soldering-jig) - [Thingiverse Customizable object](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6056979)