A configurable electrical circuit element housing used as a building block
in prototyping and demonstrating electric circuits. A label (10) with a
circuit element graphic (11) attaches on an electrically insulated
housing top (20). Underneath is an alternating arrangement of
electrically insulated connector guide walls (22) and guide posts (21)
forming a square-like perimeter surrounding a circuit element (40).
Circuit element leads (41) attach to bent coil connector binding posts
(31) inside the housing. The bent coil connector binding posts, on sides
for which they are installed, are the ends of bent coil connectors (30).
The bent coil connectors bend around the guide posts forming arcs
external to the square-like perimeter. The guide walls help form the arcs
by pinching the bent coil connectors. The arcs of the bent coil
connectors are resilient connectors which interface with similar
connectors forming a bent coil connector coupling (50) interweaving their
coil loops.