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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/fFI33f4TejM" class="youtube-player" width="740" height="416.418" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></span>
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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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    <div class="jetpack-video-wrapper"><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2oA4X3OTz0M" class="youtube-player" width="740" height="416.418" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></span>
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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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    <div class="jetpack-video-wrapper"><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8TUHE6TFy1A" class="youtube-player" width="740" height="416.418" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></span>
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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 4 is about routing your PCB – doing layout and connecting all the pads.
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Set the PCB stackup</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">02:58</span><span class="chapters-text">Setting up Design Rules</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">08:06</span><span class="chapters-text">Connecting Power and USB</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">21:07</span><span class="chapters-text">Creating solid GND plane</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">23:33</span><span class="chapters-text">Connecting LDO, MCU fanout</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">28:03</span><span class="chapters-text">Fanout pull ups, Button, Accelerometer</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">36:05</span><span class="chapters-text">Connecting RGB LED circuit</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">40:17</span><span class="chapters-text">Connecting rest of the signals</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">57:35</span><span class="chapters-text">Running DRC Check</span>
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            Links:
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        <ul class="links-list">
            <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 #4: How To Do PCB Layout (Step by Step)

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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/yptbPYe1BL0" class="youtube-player" width="740" height="416.418" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></span>
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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 5 is about improving PCB Layout, generating files needed for PCB manufacturing and board assembly and ordering your board.
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            Chapters:
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Improving signals on the bottom layer</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">12:46</span><span class="chapters-text">Making tracks wider</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">16:47</span><span class="chapters-text">Improving top layer</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">24:42</span><span class="chapters-text">Improving Powers, Drawing copper areas</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">38:40</span><span class="chapters-text">Improving Power planes</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">49:49</span><span class="chapters-text">Moving & Adjusting planes, GND under Signals</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">57:26</span><span class="chapters-text">About Impedance</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">1:02:40</span><span class="chapters-text">Adding text and notes on PCB</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">1:16:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Creating PCB Panel</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">1:21:14</span><span class="chapters-text">Generating and Uploading Gerber Files</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">1:26:05</span><span class="chapters-text">Generating, Adjusting and Uploading BOM and Pick & Place Files</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">1:38:13</span><span class="chapters-text">Ordering our board</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">1:42:54</span><span class="chapters-text">Ordering the missing components</span>
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            Links:
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        <ul class="links-list">
            <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 #5: Improving Your PCB Layout and Manufacturing Your Board

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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/VRJI0X-6yTg" class="youtube-player" width="740" height="416.418" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></span>
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        Quick overview of some general high-speed PCB design tips. Everything from stack-ups, controlled impedance traces, vias, and much more!
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            Chapters:
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        <ul class="chapters-list">
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Intro</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:20</span><span class="chapters-text">Rick Hartley Video</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">01:10</span><span class="chapters-text">Why? When Does it Matter?</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">02:40</span><span class="chapters-text">#1 Reference Planes</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">03:30</span><span class="chapters-text">#2 Stack-Up</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">04:42</span><span class="chapters-text">#3 Controlled Impedance Traces</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">06:48</span><span class="chapters-text">#4 Trace Length and Spacing</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">07:53</span><span class="chapters-text">#5 Vias</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">09:35</span><span class="chapters-text">#6 Differential Pairs</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">10:23</span><span class="chapters-text">Outro</span></li>
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            Links:
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySuUZEjARPY&ab_channel=Altium">[LIVE] How to Achieve Proper Grounding - Rick Hartley - Expert Live Training (US)</a></li>

            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL courses</a></li>
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