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Add JST JQ Top-Entry series of connectors.

This is a Board2board connector mating with standard XH type connectors. Therefore, this only adds the socket type headers.

kicad-footprints!3710

Side entry JQ series in a separate MR for easier review: !1198

https://www.jst.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/eJQ.pdf

3d models: See https://techoverflow.net/2024/07/04/where-to-find-3d-models-for-jst-jq-connectors/

Orientation is key here and this can easily be turned 180° by assembly, hence I've added more silkscreen lines than strictly neccessary. The functional part of the footprint is (besides some Y offset) identical to existing XH connectors and the script is derived from XH as well.

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NOTE: Gaps fit to the bottom part of the plastic, not so much the

JQ 3D fitup.png

JST JQ fitup 2.png

Some measurements from the 3D model:

JST JQ 1.png

JST JQ 2.png

JST JQ south side gap.png

JST JQ visible gap.png

Edited by Uli Köhler

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