ESP8266 Pogo Pin carriage and base

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This pogo pin carriage and clamp base are designed for use with Teljemo's outstanding 3Dclamp to make it simple to handle bare ESP-12 modules directly, rather than purchasing a carrier board. I have several projects in mind where size is a concern, so I don't want any of the larger, breadboard-friendly carrier PCBs, but at the same time, ESP-12 modules are distinctly unfriendly to breadboards (particularly with their pin spacing). Enter this project. Add some pogo pins and do some soldering, and you can easily run wires off the pogo pins to arrange them however you like, whether into a breadboard or just to a programmer to get things running. The clamp base has four holes to take the 3D clamp to secure the ESP8266 to the pogo pins. These holes are slightly misaligned. The pogo pin carrier has appropriately spaced holes and a dovetail to help it attach to some small breadboards I have on hand.