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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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        What pad dimensions should I use and why? Where my pin 1 should be located? What if I do not follow standards? What is IPC about? 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">05:17</span><span class="chapters-text">J Standard</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">09:42</span><span class="chapters-text">Classes</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">13:42</span><span class="chapters-text">Toe and Heel</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">16:09</span><span class="chapters-text">Soldering Standard</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">20:29</span><span class="chapters-text">IPC 7351</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">21:14</span><span class="chapters-text">IPC 735</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">23:27</span><span class="chapters-text">IPC densities</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">23:54</span><span class="chapters-text">PCB path size software</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">25:03</span><span class="chapters-text">PCB density levels</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">30:58</span><span class="chapters-text">Too much solder</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">32:22</span><span class="chapters-text">What to use</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">33:16</span><span class="chapters-text">Nominal density</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">36:11</span><span class="chapters-text">Software example</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">37:04</span><span class="chapters-text">Tolerances</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">38:52</span><span class="chapters-text">Pad size</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">42:02</span><span class="chapters-text">What I like</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">43:33</span><span class="chapters-text">Goldwing lead</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">47:01</span><span class="chapters-text">Different thickness of legs</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">51:19</span><span class="chapters-text">Path shape</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">56:11</span><span class="chapters-text">Dual Flat NoLead Parts</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">58:27</span><span class="chapters-text">Thermal Pads</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-hausherr-cid-cit-46130a2/">Tom Hausherr</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.pcblibraries.com/">PCB Libraries</a></li>
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How to create perfect PCB Footprint – What you really need to know

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        An interesting document covering some of the requirements for hardware which is going to be sent to space.
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/rideshare-static/Rideshare_Payload_Users_Guide.pdf">Rideshare Payload User's Guide</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.spacex.com/smallsat">Smallsat Program website</a></li>
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SpaceX Rideshare Payload User’s Guide

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        Can you guess which is one of the most useful shortcuts in Altium? The Shortcut for Shortcuts
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