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Ken Burns has published 7 hardware projects on Kickstarter. He explains how it works.
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://tinycircuits.com/">Ken's company TinyCircuits</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL Online courses</a></li>
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Can You Make Money on Kickstarter HW Projects?

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Interesting experiments and examples to help you to understand ground layout in PCB. Explained by Hans Rosenberg
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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">00:19</span><span class="chapters-text">Currents flow under track</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">03:10</span><span class="chapters-text">What happen when you are making a board</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">08:37</span><span class="chapters-text">Where currents flow</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">14:01</span><span class="chapters-text">Experiment: Cut under track</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">19:51</span><span class="chapters-text">Floating copper fill</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">23:15</span><span class="chapters-text">Grounded copper fill</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">27:04</span><span class="chapters-text">Experiment: Filter</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">35:05</span><span class="chapters-text">2 Layer vs. 4 Layer</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">44:00</span><span class="chapters-text">3 rules to prevent ground problems</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">46:05</span><span class="chapters-text">Example: Ground plane</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">49:52</span><span class="chapters-text">Example: 1 VIA per GND pin</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">54:46</span><span class="chapters-text">Example: Gap in GND plane</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:02:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Example: FPGA board redesign</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:05:16</span><span class="chapters-text">Star grounding</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:07:39</span><span class="chapters-text">Multiple ground planes</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:14:30</span><span class="chapters-text">Example: Digital and Analog on one board</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:16:40</span><span class="chapters-text">About Hans</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@HansRosenberg74">Hans´ YouTube</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.hans-rosenberg.com/">Hans´ website</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL Online courses</a></li>
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Examples of BAD Ground in PCB Layout And How to Fix It

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What will happen if you don't have enough GND pins on your connector?
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.colorado.edu/faculty/bogatin/">About Eric</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL Online courses</a></li>
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Do You Design Connector Pinout Correctly? | Eric Bogatin

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        I was very happy to write a post for Altium.
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        <h2 class="blog-content-heading">Do you plan ahead when working on CPU DDR3 fanout?</h2>
        Choosing the correct VIA for a particular memory group and deciding on how PCB layers will be used can make DDR3 layout a lot easier. Assigning different colors to each memory group help visualize the interface.
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        <h2 class="blog-content-heading">Why to use uVIAs instead of through hole VIAs for Address, Command and Control signals?</h2>
        The Address, Command and Control group has the <b>highest number of signals</b> from the memory groups. If we chose through hole VIAs, we would use a lot of space on all the layers. By choosing uVIAs, we only need the space on the Layer 3 and because uVIA is smaller in diameter, we also have more space to fanout the signals on Layer 3.
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How to fanout DDR3 Memory from CPU

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        Here are 9 simple steps, which will help you to design first-time-running boards.
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        <h2 class="blog-content-heading">1) Import/Use/Follow reference schematics & reference boards</h2>
        When you re-use existing and working schematic, your chance that your board will work is quite high.
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        <h2 class="blog-content-heading">2) Add optional circuits and 0R resistors into your schematic</h2>
        If you are not sure if a part of your circuit will work the way you want, place there optional components (not fitted by default). These 0R resistors or optional circuits will be fitted and will bypass the problematic parts in case of problems.
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        <h2 class="blog-content-heading">3) Stay compatible with software / firmware</h2>
        You really want to stay compatible with existing software or firmware.
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        <h2 class="blog-content-heading">4) Think about what will happen and what you are going to do after you power up the board for the very first time</h2>
        You need to be sure your board will power up & reset correctly, and you need to be sure you know how you are going to load the initial software/firmware and debug it.
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        <h2 class="blog-content-heading">5) Check Symbols and Footprints properly</h2>
        I have seen so many mistakes caused by wrong footprint. Don’t do same mistakes.
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        <h2 class="blog-content-heading">6) Take time to browse and check your schematic</h2>
        Take enough time to browse your schematic to find and correct connection mistakes. I always find some!
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        <h2 class="blog-content-heading">7) Once the placement is ready, build a paper model of your PCB</h2>
        Many boards had to be redesigned because something doesn’t fit.
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        <h2 class="blog-content-heading">8) Follow design guides and layout recommendations</h2>
        Good chip manufacturers provides guidelines which help you with layout and to design the board properly. Design guides really help – and you will learn a lot just by reading them.
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        <b><h2 class="blog-content-heading">9) DO NOT DO SILLY MISTAKES!</h2>
        Most of the time when a board has to be redesigned the reason is simple: a silly mistake. I have seen it so many times! Just be careful and check everything.</b><br><br>

        <i>The latest prove that following these points really works is our iMX6 Rex project. Both boards, the iMX6 module and Baseboards are sold as the very first prototype. The boards are quite complex with a lot of components (900+), mechanically advanced (stacked boards, a lot of connectors) and high speed interfaces such DDR3 memories, PCIE, SATA, HDMI. You can check the design and <a href="http://www.imx6rex.com/">download the Schematic and PCB files here</a>.</i>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="http://www.imx6rex.com/">Download the iMX6 Rex Schematic and PCB files</a></li>
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9 Steps to Design First Time Running Boards

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        In case you would like to COPY & PASTE component placement from an existing board to a new Altium project, you can do so very easily. Watch this video.
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                <span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Introduction</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">00:18</span><span class="chapters-text">Copy Components</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">01:37</span><span class="chapters-text">Why</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">03:25</span><span class="chapters-text">Outro</span>
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