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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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        This is my Hardware Design directory template which I found most useful.<br><br>

        <b>Here is how the Directory Tree looks</b>
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        <b>Each directory contains read_me.txt file with short description e.g:</b><br><br>

        <i>Place following files here:
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                <li class="content-list-item"><span class="content-text">Pick and Place</span></li>
                <li class="content-list-item"><span class="content-text">Bill of Materials (grouped by component type)</span></li>
                <li class="content-list-item"><span class="content-text">Component reference BOM (each component on one line)</span></li>
                <li class="content-list-item"><span class="content-text">TOP and BOTTOM VIEW (shows board outline with TOP + BOTTOM layer)</span></li>
                <li class="content-list-item"><span class="content-text">Mechanical Drawing (Board dimensions, holes position, ..)</span></li>
                <li class="content-list-item"><span class="content-text">TOP and BOTTOM Assembly Drawing (Component position with Reference Designator)</span></li>
            </ul>
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        <b><span style="color:#ff0000;">UPDATED! </span></b> Download latest version from 11-JAN-2013 <a href="https://assets.fedevel.com/blog/downloads/FEDEVEL-Directory-Template-11-JAN-2013.zip" >here</a>.
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        <i>Previous (older) versions:<br>
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                <li class="content-list-item"><span class="content-text">28-NOV-2012 The Directory Template can be downloaded <a href="https://assets.fedevel.com/blog/downloads/FEDEVEL-Directory-Template-28-NOV-2012.zip" >here</a>.</span></li>
                <li class="content-list-item"><span class="content-text">07-MAR-2012 The Directory Template can be downloaded <a href="https://assets.fedevel.com/blog/downloads/FEDEVEL-Directory-Templates.zip" >here</a>.</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://assets.fedevel.com/blog/downloads/FEDEVEL-Directory-Template-11-JAN-2013.zip" >FEDEVEL Directory Template 11-JAN-2013.zip</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://assets.fedevel.com/blog/downloads/FEDEVEL-Directory-Template-28-NOV-2012.zip" >FEDEVEL Directory Template 28-NOV-2012.zip</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://assets.fedevel.com/blog/downloads/FEDEVEL-Directory-Templates.zip" >FEDEVEL Directory Templates.zip</a></li>
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Hardware Design – Directory Template Tree

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        If you have never worked in Altium Designer and you would like to start, or you are beginner / just starting, this selection of video tutorials is right for you.<br><br>

        After you watch the attached video tutorials, you should be able to start and finish successfully your first project in Altium Designer. Tutorials explain how to create Schematic, PCB, Libraries, Footprints, generate files for PCB production and files for board assembly / manufacturing.
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        Links are ordered based on importance with the most important link on the top:
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            <li class="content-list-item"><span class="content-text"><b><a href="https://fedevel.com/blog/how-to-start-with-altium-designer-all-in-17-minutes-video/">Altium Designer Tutorial: How to start with Schematic & PCB</a></b></span></li>
            <li class="content-list-item"><span class="content-text"><b><a href="https://fedevel.com/blog/altium-designer-create-bom-library-with-live-links-to-supplier-data/">Altium Designer – Create BOM & Library from Supplier’s Data</a></b></span></li>
            <li class="content-list-item"><span class="content-text"><b><a href="https://fedevel.com/blog/altium-designer-tutorial-printing/">Altium Designer Tutorial – How to Print assembly drawing</a></b></span></li>
            <li class="content-list-item"><span class="content-text"><b><a href="https://fedevel.com/blog/altium-designer-generating-gerbers-for-pcb-manufacturer/">Altium Designer – Generating Gerbers for PCB Manufacturer</a></b><br><br>

                These other video tutorials will help you make your design more professional:
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            <li class="content-list-item"><span class="content-text"><b><a href="https://fedevel.com/blog/altium-designer-how-to-creat-assembly-drawing-layers/">Altium Designer – How to Create Assembly Drawing Layers</a></b></span></li>
            <li class="content-list-item"><span class="content-text"><b><a href="https://fedevel.com/blog/altium-designer-3d-model-of-your-pcb-its-reallyeasy/">Altium Designer – 3D model of your PCB – it’s really easy</a></b></span></li>
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6 Altium Tutorials for newbies


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        I spoke for EEWEB about HW design. <a href="http://www.eeweb.com/spotlight/interview-with-robert-feranec">Read the interview here</a>.
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="http://www.eeweb.com/spotlight/interview-with-robert-feranec">EEWEB Interview with Robert Feranec</a></li>
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