Anyone know where I can find the item and footprint for the grounding spring shown here?
![0353E2E5-E235-4642-924F-32627118100C.jpeg](//image.easyeda.com/pullimage/AtTXbU7tDXoz1nHcpbasCUgteN6iVP2uiVTZ13oW.jpeg)
Google, some lateral thinking about search terms and categories and a little patience is your friend.
Here's a datasheet for something like it, from which you can create a PCB Footprint which you then assign to a suitable Schematic Symbol.
[http://www.muselhardware.com/products/565-battery-contact-spring.html](http://www.muselhardware.com/products/565-battery-contact-spring.html)<br>
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Or:
[https://www.digikey.co.uk/product-detail/en/keystone-electronics/629/36-629-ND/316551](https://www.digikey.co.uk/product-detail/en/keystone-electronics/629/36-629-ND/316551)<br>
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Or:
[https://www.digikey.co.uk/product-detail/en/keystone-electronics/628/36-628-ND/316550](https://www.digikey.co.uk/product-detail/en/keystone-electronics/628/36-628-ND/316550)<br>
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Or these which may offer a lower inductance path if given a clean, flat surface to contact with:
[https://www.digikey.co.uk/product-detail/en/keystone-electronics/591/36-591-ND/2137851](https://www.digikey.co.uk/product-detail/en/keystone-electronics/591/36-591-ND/2137851)
[https://www.digikey.co.uk/product-detail/en/keystone-electronics/590/36-590-ND/2137886](https://www.digikey.co.uk/product-detail/en/keystone-electronics/590/36-590-ND/2137886)
These are not spring ended but check out the Footprints for:
[https://lcsc\.com/product\-detail/Battery\-Accessories\-Contacts\-Springs\_Keystone\-594\_C238143\.html](https://lcsc.com/product-detail/Battery-Accessories-Contacts-Springs_Keystone-594_C238143.html)
[https://lcsc\.com/product\-detail/Battery\-Accessories\-Contacts\-Springs\_Keystone\_596\_Keystone\-596\_C238144\.html](https://lcsc.com/product-detail/Battery-Accessories-Contacts-Springs_Keystone_596_Keystone-596_C238144.html)
[https://lcsc\.com/product\-detail/Battery\-Accessories\-Contacts\-Springs\_Keystone\-593\_C238142\.html](https://lcsc.com/product-detail/Battery-Accessories-Contacts-Springs_Keystone-593_C238142.html)<br>
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to see if they match the dimensions of any of the spring ended I identified in the links above.
Then you can clone one and modify it to show the spring if you want that level of detail.
No idea why LCSC does not list the spring ended connectors...
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