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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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    <div class="jetpack-video-wrapper"><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2oA4X3OTz0M" class="youtube-player" width="740" height="416.418" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></span>
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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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        Dave Jones from EEVblog very kindly agreed to have a chat with me about YouTube, engineering, jobs, and more. This is Part 1 of 2. Thanks again for your time, Dave!
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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">05:21</span><span class="chapters-text">Designing (for Videos, in Spare Time, in Company)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">10:38</span><span class="chapters-text">Working with Sponsors and Income Sources</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">12:54</span><span class="chapters-text">Job Experiences and Doing Your Own Thing</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">17:29</span><span class="chapters-text">YouTube Niche, Engineering YouTubers, and Views</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">25:06</span><span class="chapters-text">Standing Out With Video Titles and Thumbnails</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">29:14</span><span class="chapters-text">YouTube Analytics and Audience Retention</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">32:31</span><span class="chapters-text">Promoting Videos and EEVblog (Brand/Forum) Origins</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">35:24</span><span class="chapters-text">Doug Ford Microphone Video Series</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">36:13</span><span class="chapters-text">Collaborations</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">38:25</span><span class="chapters-text">Comments and Emails</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">45:17</span><span class="chapters-text">Consulting and Time Spent Working</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">47:39</span><span class="chapters-text">Employee and Internship Position</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">51:33</span><span class="chapters-text">Portfolio and Going Back to a ´Normal´ Job After YouTube</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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Chat with Dave Jones from EEVblog (Part 1 of 2) - Phil's Lab #52

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        Calculating and designing a simple PCB antenna. Can you guess how big is it?
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">What this video is about</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">00:09</span><span class="chapters-text">What microstrip pcb patch antenna is</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">04:38</span><span class="chapters-text">Er and calculating Eeff (effective permittivity)</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">07:24</span><span class="chapters-text">Calculating length of pcb patch antenna</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">10:04</span><span class="chapters-text">Online Calculator to get size of patch antenna</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">11:20</span><span class="chapters-text">Calculating width</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">16:37</span><span class="chapters-text">The feed of a PCB antenna</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">19:31</span><span class="chapters-text">Calculating quarter-wave transformer</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">25:18</span><span class="chapters-text">Ground plane under pcb antenna</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">27:39</span><span class="chapters-text">Finished PCB antenna</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">30:06</span><span class="chapters-text">PCB antenna used on a board</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">37:17</span><span class="chapters-text">Schematic</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">43:06</span><span class="chapters-text">PCB Antenna Footprint</span>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/PhilS94">Phil's Youtube Channel</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses/mixed-signal-hardware-design-with-kicad">Phil's Online Hardware Design Course</a></li>
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Designing a PCB patch antenna for WiFi and Bluetooth | KiCad | Philip Salmony

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    <div class="jetpack-video-wrapper"><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9lgoL0C7PFc" class="youtube-player" width="740" height="416.418" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></span>
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        Quick tips to fix EMC / EMI problems. Taken from my longer interview with Min Zhang.
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses/practical-emc-training-for-design-engineers">Practical EMC Training for Design Engineers</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://youtu.be/Lf51sx6sC0I">Full interview with Min</a></li>
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