Pogo Pins (Spring Loaded Connectors)

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Pogo pins (a.k.a. spring loaded connectors) are a type of connector which make electrical contact via a spring loaded mechanism.

A close up of the tip of some pogo pins with a pointed tip.¹

They are commonly used in:

• Between PCB connections in a multi-board assembly (e.g. PCB stack). Although usually your first choice for this application would be mezzanine connectors and/or standard header style connectors.
• Wireless ear buds, to make electrical contact with the base unit for charging.
• Test jigs to make electrical contact with a PCB during testing.

Footnotes

1. Solarbotics. Push Pogo Pin 6 - 6 Point [product page]. Retrieved 2025-02-21, from https://www.solarbotics.com/product/pp6. ↩