Defective product?

[kerv]

Hi,

Customer Support sent me to the forum to ask this question;

Is this a defective product?

I just received quantity 3 QT Py ESP32-S2 and all 3 have the same pins on the chip bridge.
Is this by design and save to use? Is this normal?
I checked out the product page and the product photos do not show any bridged pins.

Anyone else experience this?

Thanks,
Matt

[kerv]

Here's a second photo with the pins circled in red and also another solder slag and close bridge with one other pin is noticeable in the top right unit.

[freddyboomboom]

If you look at the datasheet and schematic, you'll see that those are pins 3 and 4 on the chip, and the schematic for the board shows them to be tied together.

Mine are like that, and they function correctly.

Reference: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-qt- ... /downloads

[kerv]

Thanks Freddy.

Interesting that they'd do that with solder and not a PCB trace but I'm glad it's per design.

I thought it was too coincidental to have 3/3 boards with the same defect, if it was a defect..

Thanks again,

[adafruit_support_mike]

The pads are connected with copper on the bare PCBs. The solder bridge happens automatically because it has a connection at the PCB level.