XS1-U8A-64-FB96 Are NC pins truely not connected?

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bearcat
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XS1-U8A-64-FB96 Are NC pins truely not connected?

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Can I route through these pads for other signals (power & mode)?

NC = A4, B4, L3, G2, H2

I assume I can, just double checking. Thanks.


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I just took a standard multimeter, put in diode test mode, placed the red wire on the ground balls and the black wire on A4.

The multimeter shows ~0.65 V , meaning that the pin is connected to some type of semiconductor inside.

My XS1-U8A-64-FB96 is from an early production batch.
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I'm afraid not, these pins are connected to the silicon for device testing, and have to be left NC on the PCB.

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Post by Ross »

bearcat wrote:
I assume I can, just double checking. Thanks.
I would guess that is a bad assumption.
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Post by bearcat »

Thanks all.

Maybe a better name for those pads may be "Test" or "Don't Connect" ;)
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