The 14-pin JTAG header on a PCB, JTAG pads without holes, no other holes on PCB around JTAG connection area. Does it exist a special solderless JTAG connector for connecting JTAG cable to such JTAG header, by connecting spring loaded Pogo Pins to the top of the JTAG pads and fixing them in this position for reliable contact? The main problem is to fix Pogo pins vertically on JTAG pads on PCBs.
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Absolutely. TAG-CONNECT specializes in connectors of these sorts for a variety of different platforms. That approach uses alignment holes with thru pins to keep these things lined up. They make them with and without "feet" that clip them to the board for a no-hands approach, and they offer a retaining clip to help you hold it on for debugging when you don't have the real estate for holes.
They recommend that you adjust solder stencils so as to not put any solder paste on these pogo-pin targets.