<div class="entry-content"><div class="jetpack-video-wrapper"><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YzBtfN1LQtM" class="youtube-player" width="740" height="416.418" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></span></div><div class="blog-content"> I challenged a software engineer to design his very first PCB. What happened?</div><div class="blog-content-chapters"><div>Chapters:</div><ul class="chapters-list"><li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">The challenge</span></li><li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">01:01</span><span class="chapters-text">Schematic page</span></li><li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">03:46</span><span class="chapters-text">STM32</span></li><li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">10:18</span><span class="chapters-text">Power</span></li><li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">21:50</span><span class="chapters-text">Power LED</span></li><li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">23:29</span><span class="chapters-text">Boot and Reset</span></li><li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">27:47</span><span class="chapters-text">Crystal</span></li><li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">30:58</span><span class="chapters-text">USB</span></li><li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">33:59</span><span class="chapters-text">Arduino headers and User LED</span></li><li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">36:49</span><span class="chapters-text">SWI and UART connectors</span></li></div><div class="blog-content-links"><div>Links:</div><ul class="links-list"><li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL Online courses</a></li></ul></div></div>

Is this really how beginners design boards??? | Schematic Review

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This video will help you to understand eye diagrams. Thank you very much Tim Wang Lee
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            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">What is this video about</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:17</span><span class="chapters-text">How eye diagram is created and why it´s useful</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">07:35</span><span class="chapters-text">How reflections influence eye diagram shape</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">12:17</span><span class="chapters-text">Simulating reflections and checking eye diagram</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">20:19</span><span class="chapters-text">How crosstalk influences eye diagram shape</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">30:36</span><span class="chapters-text">Simulating crosstalk and checking eye diagram</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">35:09</span><span class="chapters-text">How loss influences eye diagram shape</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">41:13</span><span class="chapters-text">Simulating loss and checking eye diagram</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">50:32</span><span class="chapters-text">Equalization explained</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">57:53</span><span class="chapters-text">CTLE Equalization</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">58:49</span><span class="chapters-text">FFE Equalization</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:02:19</span><span class="chapters-text">DFE Equalization</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="http://www.keysight.com/find/ads-si-workshop">Learn more about Signal Integrity with ADS</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.keysight.com/us/en/products/software/pathwave-design-software.html">Get a head start with Electronic Design Automation</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/timwanglee/">Connect with Tim</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL Online courses</a></li>
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What does an eye diagram show? Here is how you recognize problems - reflections, crosstalk and loss

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        Watch how differential pair signals are travelling through a PCB. Thank you very much Yuriy Shlepnev 
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            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">What is this video about</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:33</span><span class="chapters-text">Differential pairs routed on top / bottom, THIN PCB, 1W</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">12:56</span><span class="chapters-text">3W, Top / Bottom</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">17:17</span><span class="chapters-text">THICK PCB, Top / Bottom</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">23:49</span><span class="chapters-text">No GND plane</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">30:01</span><span class="chapters-text">Differential pairs inside of PCB</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">45:30</span><span class="chapters-text">3D animation, top/bottom, 1W</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">48:51</span><span class="chapters-text">3D animation, top/bottom, 3W</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">57:12</span><span class="chapters-text">3D animation, inside of PCB, 1W</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">58:40</span><span class="chapters-text">3D animation, inside of PCB, 3W</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:06:21</span><span class="chapters-text">Crosstalk examples</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuriy-shlepnev-7b39136/">Yuriy's LinkedIn</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.simberian.com/">Yuriy's company</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL Online courses</a></li>
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Watch Differential Pair Fields and Currents in PCB

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        What is the minimum size of VIA and VIA-in-PAD which I can use in my board? What kind of VIA in PAD I should choose? How much is it going to cost? Everything important about the limits and recommendations of VIAs and VIAs in PAD.
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                <span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Introduction</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">01:34</span><span class="chapters-text">Exception PCB</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">02:16</span><span class="chapters-text">How it started</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">03:53</span><span class="chapters-text">The answer from Mike</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">04:18</span><span class="chapters-text">Dimensions</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">05:01</span><span class="chapters-text">Handling</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">11:32</span><span class="chapters-text">Registration</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">13:27</span><span class="chapters-text">Laser Direct Imaging</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">14:33</span><span class="chapters-text">Minimum VIA</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">22:38</span><span class="chapters-text">Minimum Size</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">24:01</span><span class="chapters-text">Limitations</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">30:30</span><span class="chapters-text">Via in</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">35:22</span><span class="chapters-text">Air trapped inside VIA</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">37:21</span><span class="chapters-text">Resin fill systems</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">38:30</span><span class="chapters-text">Resin filled VIA</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">39:31</span><span class="chapters-text">Epoxy filled VIA</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">42:14</span><span class="chapters-text">Eyebrow crack</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">43:30</span><span class="chapters-text">Using stacked microvias</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">45:02</span><span class="chapters-text">Filling vias</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">48:21</span><span class="chapters-text">Conclusion</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">49:46</span><span class="chapters-text">Whats next</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">53:44</span><span class="chapters-text">Where to send VIAs</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">54:49</span><span class="chapters-text">Dimension of VIAs</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">55:37</span><span class="chapters-text">VIA Types</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">57:42</span><span class="chapters-text">Plugging</span>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.exceptionpcb.com/">Exception PCB</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-devine-64655220/">About your PCB request, you can contact Mike Devine</a></li>
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Using VIA in PAD? What you need to know – Guidelines, dimensions and more …

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        Many people ask me, why we do not provide libraries with our open source projects. It is because libraries can be easily generated from existing schematic and PCB. Here is how ….
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://youtu.be/9EdgZ9XaWbU">Re-recorded based on original video from 2015</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.28pins.com/">Link to 28Pins project</a></li>
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Altium – How to Create Libraries from Existing Project – Step by Step Tutorial

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        How to track history and changes in your project, how to use git / github by yourself and with other engineers.
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