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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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        Everything important you may want to know to start with KiCad.
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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>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">01:38</span><span class="chapters-text">Installing & Examples</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">06:47</span><span class="chapters-text">Starting a project, Creating Schematic Symbol</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">13:01</span><span class="chapters-text">Creating Footprint</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">23:22</span><span class="chapters-text">Adding 3D model to footprint</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">25:12</span><span class="chapters-text">Assigning Footprint to Symbol, Updating Symbol</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">27:42</span><span class="chapters-text">Drawing Schematic</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">32:21</span><span class="chapters-text">Importing Schematic into PCB and Placement</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">33:56</span><span class="chapters-text">Doing Layout</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">40:10</span><span class="chapters-text">Rules & Settings</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">41:37</span><span class="chapters-text">3D model, Updating Footprint, Assembly layer</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">44:06</span><span class="chapters-text">DRC Check</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">46:27</span><span class="chapters-text">Generating outputs: Schematic PDF, Gerbers, Drill File</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">50:22</span><span class="chapters-text">Generating outputs: Assembly Drawing, Pick & Place, BOM</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">53:32</span><span class="chapters-text">Thank you</span>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://github.com/FEDEVEL/youtube-starting-with-kicad">Finish project from this video</a></li>
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What is KiCad about? Starting with KiCad …

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        How to gather and use real-world, open-loop step response data to estimate system parameters and transfer functions. Comparison with previously derived mathematical model, as well as model verification.<br>
System identification in Matlab using the 'PID Tuner' app, which is part of the 'Control System Toolbox'.
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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">00:05</span><span class="chapters-text">Overview</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:45</span><span class="chapters-text">Mathematical System Model</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">01:44</span><span class="chapters-text">Complications</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">02:27</span><span class="chapters-text">Lengths and Masses</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">02:46</span><span class="chapters-text">Moment of Inertia</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">03:33</span><span class="chapters-text">Motor Conversion Gain</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">05:19</span><span class="chapters-text">Real-World Test Set-Up</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">07:25</span><span class="chapters-text">C# USB Communication GUI</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">07:59</span><span class="chapters-text">Matlab System Identification (Data Preparation)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">09:50</span><span class="chapters-text">Matlab System Identification (Plant Identification)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">13:59</span><span class="chapters-text">Model Comparison, Verification, and Parameter Estimation</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://github.com/pms67/ControlSystemDesign-Tutorial">Github - pms67/ControlSystemDesign-Tutorial</a></li>

            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL courses</a></li>
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System Identification with Matlab - Control System Design 3/6 - Phil's Lab #9

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        Finally I know how the picture from gerber files is generated.
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.ucamco.com/files/downloads/file_en/81/the-gerber-file-format-specification_en.pdf?834337316a7d266ef3ab3d03cff55fc0">The Gerber Format Specification</a></li>
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