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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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        Do you know what I changed to improve the signals in the picture? What do you think?
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3 Simple Things To Improve Signals on Your PCB – A Big Difference

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        What idea have you built and you are most proud of? PS: Thank you very much Samson March
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                <span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">About this video</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">03:30</span><span class="chapters-text">What projects to work on</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">05:24</span><span class="chapters-text">Step 1: How it is going to look</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">10:50</span><span class="chapters-text">Step 2: Testing idea with reference boards</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">21:42</span><span class="chapters-text">About how Bluetooth works</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">29:53</span><span class="chapters-text">Step 3: Schematic & PCB Design</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">52:23</span><span class="chapters-text">About PCB Manufacturing & Assembly</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">1:05:23</span><span class="chapters-text">Step 4: 3D model</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">1:16:54</span><span class="chapters-text">Step 5: Making - About CNC proces</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">1:35:59</span><span class="chapters-text">Designing the Mains Plug (Schematic, PCB, Housing)</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">1:40:17</span><span class="chapters-text">About AC to DC (230V to 5V) converter</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">1:47:11</span><span class="chapters-text">Flammability in 230V designs</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">1:51:12</span><span class="chapters-text">Thank you</span>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/SamMarch">Sam's Youtube channel</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://github.com/S-March">Sam's Github</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/samson-march/">Sam's LinkedIn</a></li>
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How to Design and Build Your Own Idea - Example: A Magic Wand (with Samson March)

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        I created this video to explain how to fix the most common problems what many people ask me about when starting with Altium Designer. I hope it helps.
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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">02:22</span><span class="chapters-text">Fixing: Off Grid warning</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">15:22</span><span class="chapters-text">Fixing: Footprint cannot be found</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">23:04</span><span class="chapters-text">Fixing: Unknown Pin error</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">29:34</span><span class="chapters-text">Disabling Un-Routed net errors</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">31:02</span><span class="chapters-text">Fixing: Clearance Constraint violations</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">35:46</span><span class="chapters-text">Fixing: Minimum Solder Mask Sliver violations</span>
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