The two (pogo) pins exposed at the back of the new nano EVERY, in the top-right corner, are the USB data+/-...?
It would be amazing for SMT usage!
Board page: Arduino Nano Every — Arduino Official Store
Thank you
According to this article:
Getting started with the new arduino nano every
The pads are test points used during production. The information is near the bottom, in answers to some questions.
(D11 refers to the SAMD11 used as the usb interface)
On the bottom there are test points for USB, UPDI and SWD for the D11. We use those TP during the production phase but obviously they can also be used when used as a module!
you have to solder a wire or a 3×2 and headers on the back test points. There there are the 3.3V signals to program and debug the D11 and the 5V updi signal. The UPDI is driven by the D11 during the upload phase and release when acting as serial bridge
Hopefully the schematic and board diagram will be released soon, that would answer a lot of questions.
I have access to the schematics and board files (but not permission to release them). If you have any specific questions about the boards, I can try to answer them now.
Thanks a lot for the support.
In production, I would like to solder the EVERY directly on a board as a traditional SMT component.
I need both USB and Serial signals to be ported to the base board, so I could use two pogo pins to connect to the data+/- points.
What do you think ?
Thank you very much.
If I understand correctly you want to solder the board down on say a PCB and at the same time have pogo pins on the underside. Unless you got creative with the pogo pin mountings I would say this is a bad idea. This is because in the end the springs in the pogo pins would stop working and the contact would work loose.
A bit of solder paste at those two pads should make for a much better connection than pogo pins.
Pogo pins are great for testing, or for use in ISP programming. I prefer to use through-hole connections on my PCBs, as the pogopins (at least the ones I have, there are many different shaped heads available) are nicely held in place. It of course does waste the space on the other side of the PCB.