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

[bearcat]

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.

[lilltroll]

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.

[EdB]

I'm afraid not, these pins are connected to the silicon for device testing, and have to be left NC on the PCB.

Ed

[Ross]

I assume I can, just double checking. Thanks.

I would guess that is a bad assumption.

[bearcat]

Thanks all.

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