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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.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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        Data needed to get a PCB manufactured and assembled, how to generate that information and those files. Gerber files, stack-up/controlled impedance information, bill of materials (BOM), pick and place file (CPL), as well as assembly drawings. Including walkthrough of the PCB ordering process.

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            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Introduction</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">01:47</span><span class="chapters-text">Example PCBs</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">02:28</span><span class="chapters-text">Checks</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">03:07</span><span class="chapters-text">Make Sure You Have Inventory Stock</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">03:47</span><span class="chapters-text">Choice & Capabilities of Manufacturer/Assembler</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">07:29</span><span class="chapters-text">Gerber Files</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">10:49</span><span class="chapters-text">Checking Gerber Files (CAM Viewer)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">12:54</span><span class="chapters-text">Additional Manufacturing Info (e.g. Controlled Impedance, Stack-Up)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">18:17</span><span class="chapters-text">Manufacturer Feedback (Adjusted Trace Widths, Adjusted Stack-Up)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">19:40</span><span class="chapters-text">Bill of Materials (BOM)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">22:37</span><span class="chapters-text">Pick and Place File (CPL)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">24:22</span><span class="chapters-text">Eurocircuits Assembly Checker Tool</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">25:38</span><span class="chapters-text">Assembly Drawings</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">28:51</span><span class="chapters-text">Create Assembly Drawings with Altium Designer Draftsman</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">31:45</span><span class="chapters-text">Placing an Order with Assembly</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">34:28</span><span class="chapters-text">Outro</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses/mixed-signal-hardware-design-with-kicad">Mixed-signal hardware design course</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL courses</a></li>
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How To Get Your PCB Manufactured & Assembled - Phil's Lab #94

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        In this tutorial you will learn how to draw schematic, do PCB layout, manufacture your board and program it.
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            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Start a new project in EasyEDA</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">04:36</span><span class="chapters-text">Add Arduino headers into schematic</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">09:43</span><span class="chapters-text">Creating Arduino PCB with headers only </span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">17:27</span><span class="chapters-text">Connecting headers</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">26:31</span><span class="chapters-text">Add Power LED</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">28:15</span><span class="chapters-text">Add Servos</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">32:09</span><span class="chapters-text">Add External Power support</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">42:59</span><span class="chapters-text">Add MOSFET to Arduino</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">48:23</span><span class="chapters-text">Add User LED</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">49:59</span><span class="chapters-text">Add I2C Temperature sensor</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">54:45</span><span class="chapters-text">Schematic annotation</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">56:21</span><span class="chapters-text">Checking schematic</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">58:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Component placement in PCB</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:05:05</span><span class="chapters-text">Start PCB Layout: setup rules and route it</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:18:16</span><span class="chapters-text">Improve Layout - Add Polygons & Planes</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:29:55</span><span class="chapters-text">Add Text</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:42:40</span><span class="chapters-text">Checking Finished PCB</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:43:28</span><span class="chapters-text">Buying components</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:58:50</span><span class="chapters-text">Ordering PCB</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">2:01:30</span><span class="chapters-text">Building your boards</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">2:02:45</span><span class="chapters-text">Testing User LED - Blink</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">2:03:47</span><span class="chapters-text">Testing Temperature sensor</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">2:06:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Testing MOSFETt</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">2:09:11</span><span class="chapters-text">Testing Servos</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">2:13:06</span><span class="chapters-text">Thank you</span></li>
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