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Spacer for a functional test board
658 1 May 15.2019, 16:29:24

Hi Guys,
I just came across this image (in attachment), of a PCB for functional testing and programming in production (low volume probably). Does anyone know, what are those spacers called? I've checked farnell/mouser and can't seem to find them. Also, how is the target board pushed down to the pogo pins? The target board seems to be thicker that the spacer, so you can't use screws to push the board down.
Thanks!

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A****min

May 17.2019, 19:20:58

In this case it looks like the weight of the PCB alone might be enough for the pogo pins, at least in that photo (possibly not ideal to trust that for production testing).
It is worth noting that you can buy pogo pins with different force ratings, which can be useful if building a jig requiring a huge number of test points, or for testing a delicate circuit.
Sometime you also want certain pins to make contact first, or have a higher current rating - so you may make use of several pogo pin styles or mounting methods.

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