How do you test SMD bluetooth modules without soldering them to a PCB?

I am making PCB prototype with components and a WT51822-S2 bluetooth module, which can be soldered on easily but desoldered hardly. Is there a way to test SMD modules without actually soldering them on the pcb?

PCB Assembly, PCB Testing
November 27, 2023

You can get special spring clips for castellated pads, too.

If you would like to know how many insertions/removals they’d be good for in a production test environment, you can ask your mass production supplier for help. They’re really meant as an engineering tool for evaluation

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