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I asked AI to write software for my board. This is what happened ...
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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">00:52</span><span class="chapters-text">Uploading board info to AI</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">03:02</span><span class="chapters-text">Generating test code</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">05:35</span><span class="chapters-text">Generating the basic CLOCK code</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">07:06</span><span class="chapters-text">Generating code for Timer feature</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">08:49</span><span class="chapters-text">Generating code for Stopwatch feature</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">10:16</span><span class="chapters-text">Testing the finished code</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">11:24</span><span class="chapters-text">Problems when creating the code</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">17:11</span><span class="chapters-text">Conclusion</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL Online courses</a></li>
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Can AI Read Schematic And Write Software For Your Boards?

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    <div class="jetpack-video-wrapper"><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-luLIJqURlY" class="youtube-player" width="740" height="416.418" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></span>
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I challenged a software engineer to design his very first PCB. What happened?
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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">00:50</span><span class="chapters-text">Arduino compatibility</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">03:28</span><span class="chapters-text">Switch</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">05:16</span><span class="chapters-text">Text</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">08:06</span><span class="chapters-text">LEDs</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">08:52</span><span class="chapters-text">Board name and version</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">10:16</span><span class="chapters-text">Spread the tracks</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">12:24</span><span class="chapters-text">Connector names</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">15:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Horizontal / Vertical routing</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">16:07</span><span class="chapters-text">Net Color</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">18:10</span><span class="chapters-text">Track width</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">24:09</span><span class="chapters-text">2 Layer vs 4 layer PCB</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">25:22</span><span class="chapters-text">VIAs</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">26:10</span><span class="chapters-text">Placement</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">27:55</span><span class="chapters-text">VIAs on power and GND</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">30:47</span><span class="chapters-text">Power regulators</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">35:40</span><span class="chapters-text">Stitching capacitors and VIAs</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">38:09</span><span class="chapters-text">Through hole pins and thermal relief</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">41:30</span><span class="chapters-text">USB</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">45:37</span><span class="chapters-text">Clearance</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">50:36</span><span class="chapters-text">Critical signals</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">54:15</span><span class="chapters-text">Make it look nice</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">56:10</span><span class="chapters-text">Reference designators</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">57:11</span><span class="chapters-text">DRC checks</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">59:25</span><span class="chapters-text">Does it work?</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL Online courses</a></li>
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Do you also make these mistakes in PCB Layout?

<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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        When you are designing your boards, what calculator do you use and what calculations do you need the most? Thank you very much to Kenneth Wood
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            Chapters:
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                <span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">What is this video about</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">03:22</span><span class="chapters-text">Conductor properties - maximum current through a track</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">12:01</span><span class="chapters-text">Fusing current - when a track will burn up</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">15:20</span><span class="chapters-text">Conductor / Track impedance</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">31:34</span><span class="chapters-text">Differential pair calculator</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">36:32</span><span class="chapters-text">Crosstalk calculator</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">39:02</span><span class="chapters-text">Via Properties - maximum current through a via</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">42:59</span><span class="chapters-text">Impedance of differential VIAs</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">45:32</span><span class="chapters-text">Thermal management</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">48:40</span><span class="chapters-text">PPM XTAL Calculator</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">54:24</span><span class="chapters-text">OHM's Law calculator</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">56:24</span><span class="chapters-text">PDN Calculator</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">59:27</span><span class="chapters-text">Conductor / Track spacing for higher voltages</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">1:02:05</span><span class="chapters-text">Mechanical information</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">1:04:19</span><span class="chapters-text">Er Effective + Wavelength calculator </span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">1:08:51</span><span class="chapters-text">XL XC Reactance + Planar inductor + Embedded resistors</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">1:13:08</span><span class="chapters-text">Bandwidth and Max conductor length (when to consider a track to be transmission line)</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">1:16:39</span><span class="chapters-text">Padstack / Footprint calculator + Conversion calculator</span>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://saturnpcb.com/saturn-pcb-toolkit/">Saturn PCB Toolkit</a></li>
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PCB Layout – Useful Calculations Which You Maybe Didn’t Know About (with Kenneth Wood)

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        A Step by Step tutorial to help everyone to learn how to design and build a simple microcontroller board. This Part 6 is about checking your board and soldering down missing components.
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                <span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Unpacking</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">01:03</span><span class="chapters-text">Put labels on your boards</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">06:39</span><span class="chapters-text">Do visual inspection</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">13:28</span><span class="chapters-text">Soldering down SOT-23 Diode</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">17:10</span><span class="chapters-text">Soldering down RGB SMT LED</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">19:24</span><span class="chapters-text">Through hole RGB LED</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">22:43</span><span class="chapters-text">Soldering down debug header</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">25:29</span><span class="chapters-text">Measure resistance of power rails</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">29:33</span><span class="chapters-text">Connecting our board to power</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">35:23</span><span class="chapters-text">Measure voltages on the power rails</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">37:46</span><span class="chapters-text">Measure oscillators and crystals</span>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://youtu.be/D_asM2Lh_I0">Finished project where you can see how this board is used</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://oshwlab.com/robertferanec/myboard">Download the finished Schematic and PCB here</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://github.com/FEDEVEL/youtube-tiny-simple">Download the project source code from here</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXvLToQzgzdea0sQXmpY8k4tfiXpkYIwO">Watch the full tutorial here</a></li>
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Tutorial #6: Useful Steps To Do After You Receive Your Boards From Production + Some soldering tips

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        Just a quick video about de-soldering components. I hope you will find it useful.
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