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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://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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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>
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Do You Design Connector Pinout Correctly? | Eric Bogatin

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        Basic board firmware bring-up of the ´new´ LittleBrain++ PCB featuring an STM32F4 microcontroller, sensors, and USB. How to write simple test firmware (I2C, USB), set-up STM32CubeIDE, and transfer data from a schematic to software. 
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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">00:35</span><span class="chapters-text">First Steps</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">01:40</span><span class="chapters-text">Tag-Connect SWD Programming Header/Connector</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">03:16</span><span class="chapters-text">Hardware Overview</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">04:59</span><span class="chapters-text">STM32CubeIDE Basics</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">05:59</span><span class="chapters-text">Pinout</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">08:14</span><span class="chapters-text">Clock Configuration</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">09:15</span><span class="chapters-text">Programming and GPIO (LED) Test</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">12:08</span><span class="chapters-text">I2C #1 (Inertial Measurement Unit)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">16:58</span><span class="chapters-text">I2C #2 (Pressure Sensor)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">19:11</span><span class="chapters-text">USB (Virtual COM Port)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">23:14</span><span class="chapters-text">Outro</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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STM32 Board Bring-Up (Firmware and Test) - Phil's Lab #54

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        So, do you only connect one hole or all of them? Do you connect them directly to ground or … ? Taken from my longer interview with Keith Armstrong.
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                <span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Intro</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">02:00</span><span class="chapters-text">What are cavities</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">08:43</span><span class="chapters-text">Bonding options</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">10:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Mounting holes without screws</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">12:40</span><span class="chapters-text">Filters</span>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses/essential-pcb-design-layout-techniques-for-emc">Essential PCB design/layout techniques for good EMC</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://youtu.be/gHF5JyJF-N4">Full interview with Keith</a></li>
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Do you connect PCB mounting holes correctly? | Keith Armstrong | #Highlights

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        Is KiCad going to be always free? Is it now good enough to design any board? Who decides what new features will be implemented and where the project goes? Thank you Wayne for a great call. <br><br>
        
        <i>Note: This podcast is an audio track from our YouTube video published here: <a href="https://youtu.be/6qcsJfoqbL4" >https://youtu.be/6qcsJfoqbL4</a></i><br><br>

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