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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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        Simple and useful tips for beginners. Steps of soldering SMD / SMT and Through hole components and recorded on a video. What are your best tips for PCB soldering? Leave them in comments – your tips may help other people.
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTkluwr2KOw&ab_channel=RobertFeranec">Watch the full video</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXvLToQzgzdea0sQXmpY8k4tfiXpkYIwO">Watch the full tutorial</a></li>
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            Tools:
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://sk.farnell.com/chip-quik/smd291/flux-rework-no-clean-10cc/dp/1850216">FLUX SMD291</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://sk.farnell.com/kontakt-chemie/kontakt-pcc-200ml/cleaner-kontakt-pcc-200ml/dp/2142400">Cleaner KONTAKT PCC 200ML</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://sk.farnell.com/duratool/1pk-105t-f/tweezer-fine-straight-tip-140mm/dp/3127590">Tweezers 1PK-105T-F</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://sk.farnell.com/servisol/200004360/no-clean-braid-1-5mmx10m/dp/4754347">Solder remover ( Braid) 200004360</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VK52X9C/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&aaxitk=76a1cff6e0fbe7fd4178c33887c5e463&hsa_cr_id=4140014390601&pd_rd_plhdr=t&pd_rd_r=2c83b3d3-0d84-4aec-b8d4-615d1026bfb1&pd_rd_w=6d3e1&pd_rd_wg=qEDaA&ref_=sbx_be_s_sparkle_mcd_asin_0_title&th=1">Microscope Andonstar AD407</a></li>
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How To Solder | #Highlights

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        Overview of my own mixed-signal digital audio studio effects processing system prototype that I designed two years ago for a crowd-funding campaign (that unfortunately never happened). Discussion on what aspects there are to mixed-signal products, prototyping, design improvements, and more.
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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">00:14</span><span class="chapters-text">Hardware Overview</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">03:03</span><span class="chapters-text">Prototype Stages</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">04:29</span><span class="chapters-text">Front and Rear Panels</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">04:50</span><span class="chapters-text">Audio Demo</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">05:17</span><span class="chapters-text">Hardware Sections</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">09:39</span><span class="chapters-text">Schematic (KiCad)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">13:58</span><span class="chapters-text">PCB and Panels (KiCad)</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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Audio Processor Prototype Hardware Design - Phil's Lab #57

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        Measuring USB signal and decoding the USB protocol is easier than I thought (but you may need a decoder). Thank you very much to Gregor Hofferbert
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                <span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Intro</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">00:40</span><span class="chapters-text">Decoding</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">01:40</span><span class="chapters-text">Decoding table</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">02:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Differential signal</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">02:50</span><span class="chapters-text">Trigger</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">03:25</span><span class="chapters-text">Trigger on key</span>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://teledynelecroy.com/usb-electrical-test/#usb2">Teledyne LeCroy</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://youtu.be/q6fhmTL-Sgo">Is the USB you designed perfect? | Gregor Hofferbert</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://youtu.be/M6dVOnISySc">How much worse the signal looks if a long USB cable is used?</a></li>
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