Nano SMD PCB Footprint KiCad

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Just a show and tell. In the past, I have soldered a nano directly to a PCB. It's pretty compact but very slow to remove if need be. If you have room above, you can put female header pins in and then stick the arduino to the board but you still have thru holes all over the back side of the board which complicate routing through that area (and precludes placing any large components there, obv.).
So, I found these right angle header pins on amazon and made a footprint for them (link at bottom). The footprint could be shrunk a bit but leaves plenty of room for solder flow So I will leave it for now.
During assembly, I put the female header on the nano male header and then positioned on the PCB. Tack the corners and either solder it all in place or remove the nano if you need more room.
There are right angle female header on digikey which alternate directions as well but they are less common and more expensive. I still would want to index them installed on the arduino pins so its not like it saves a step.

Here is the footprint in kicad. It works with kicad's standard arduino nano schematic symbol.

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I know, sloppy modeling to not include the header itself...

Here is the footprint file:
Arduino_Nano_HEADER_SMD.txt (9.2 KB)
I couldnt upload the .kicad_mod so renamed it as a .txt file. Just simply replace the .txt with .kicad_mod and then you can import.

Here it is installed on board:

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Right Angle Female Header Dahszhi Female PCB Header Right Angle 40 Pin 2.54mm Pitch Connector - Pack of 20pcs: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific

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also, its fairly robust. I had this stuck in my backpack for a day with no protection. Dog sat on it and when I pulled it out the nano was pulled off to one side, pins bent, headers bent, programmer pins bent. (thanks, dog)
anyways, no torn pads, It all went back together just fine.

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There is a part called Massduino, here is a link: http://www.inhaos.com/product_info.php?products_id=158 It has a much smaller foot print and will plug into a standard female connector. I used a few a few years back, it saved a lot of board space. No guarantee it will work for your application. They were less then $4.00 US when I purchased them.

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thanks! thats fantastic.
been looking for something like that.

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