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        Connecting a cable shield and measuring EMC / EMI. Explained by Karen Burnham
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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">00:33</span><span class="chapters-text">Cable shield setup</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">02:44</span><span class="chapters-text">Why showing this example</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">06:36</span><span class="chapters-text">Measurement - generator is OFF</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">08:48</span><span class="chapters-text">Measurement - generator is ON, shield not connected</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">11:18</span><span class="chapters-text">Measurement - shield connected on one side</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">12:34</span><span class="chapters-text">Shield connected on both sides</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">13:43</span><span class="chapters-text">Shield connected to ground</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">20:55</span><span class="chapters-text">Transfer impedance</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">27:11</span><span class="chapters-text">Skin depth</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">34:32</span><span class="chapters-text">Ground loops</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">38:40</span><span class="chapters-text">Ground wire inside of shielded cable</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">42:14</span><span class="chapters-text">Shielding and power</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">44:37</span><span class="chapters-text">Terminating through capacitors</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">50:10</span><span class="chapters-text">About Karen's company</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">52:06</span><span class="chapters-text">The common EMC/EMI problems and how to solve them</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL Online courses</a></li>
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Do You Connect Cable Shield Correctly?

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        This video will help you to start simulating your electronic circuits. Explained by Eric Bogatin
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        <ul class="chapters-list">
            <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">03:50</span><span class="chapters-text">Circuit simulator vs. Field solver</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">07:30</span><span class="chapters-text">Which simulator to learn</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">11:17</span><span class="chapters-text">Downloading Qucs</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">15:30</span><span class="chapters-text">Starting a new simulation</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">19:43</span><span class="chapters-text">Time domain simulation</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">26:19</span><span class="chapters-text">Simulating impedance</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">29:30</span><span class="chapters-text">Using parameters</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">32:00</span><span class="chapters-text">AC simulation</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">35:37</span><span class="chapters-text">Explaining the results of simulations</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">40:40</span><span class="chapters-text">Simulating PCB tracks</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">43:18</span><span class="chapters-text">Simulating transmission line</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">55:48</span><span class="chapters-text">DesignCon</span></li>
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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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How to Start with Electronic Circuit Simulation for Free | Eric Bogatin

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About power supplies on motherboards and all related control and logic subsystems. Explained by Istvan Nagy
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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">01:14</span><span class="chapters-text">Types of power supplies</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">06:32</span><span class="chapters-text">Testing power supplies</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">11:36</span><span class="chapters-text">About power supply layout and voltage sense</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">17:23</span><span class="chapters-text">Output voltage</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">19:57</span><span class="chapters-text">Voltage regulator features</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">35:56</span><span class="chapters-text">CPLD</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">39:59</span><span class="chapters-text">Motherboard power subsystem example</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">43:06</span><span class="chapters-text">Power sequencing</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">54:30</span><span class="chapters-text">System management</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">58:03</span><span class="chapters-text">Sequencer chip</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:00:44</span><span class="chapters-text">FPGA</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:02:40</span><span class="chapters-text">Initialization sequence</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:08:01</span><span class="chapters-text">CPLD schematic page example</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:10:24</span><span class="chapters-text">Power domains</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:18:44</span><span class="chapters-text">x86 Power stages</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:24:39</span><span class="chapters-text">Thermal protection and management</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:29:46</span><span class="chapters-text">Istvan's book</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Complex-Digital-Hardware-Design-Istvan/dp/1032702087">Istvan´s Book</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL Online courses</a></li>
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How Computer Motherboard Power Supplies Work

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        When you are designing your boards, what calculator do you use and what calculations do you need the most? Thank you very much to Kenneth Wood
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                <span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">What is this video about</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">03:22</span><span class="chapters-text">Conductor properties - maximum current through a track</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">12:01</span><span class="chapters-text">Fusing current - when a track will burn up</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">15:20</span><span class="chapters-text">Conductor / Track impedance</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">31:34</span><span class="chapters-text">Differential pair calculator</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">36:32</span><span class="chapters-text">Crosstalk calculator</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">39:02</span><span class="chapters-text">Via Properties - maximum current through a via</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">42:59</span><span class="chapters-text">Impedance of differential VIAs</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">45:32</span><span class="chapters-text">Thermal management</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">48:40</span><span class="chapters-text">PPM XTAL Calculator</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">54:24</span><span class="chapters-text">OHM's Law calculator</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">56:24</span><span class="chapters-text">PDN Calculator</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">59:27</span><span class="chapters-text">Conductor / Track spacing for higher voltages</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">1:02:05</span><span class="chapters-text">Mechanical information</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">1:04:19</span><span class="chapters-text">Er Effective + Wavelength calculator </span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">1:08:51</span><span class="chapters-text">XL XC Reactance + Planar inductor + Embedded resistors</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">1:13:08</span><span class="chapters-text">Bandwidth and Max conductor length (when to consider a track to be transmission line)</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">1:16:39</span><span class="chapters-text">Padstack / Footprint calculator + Conversion calculator</span>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://saturnpcb.com/saturn-pcb-toolkit/">Saturn PCB Toolkit</a></li>
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PCB Layout – Useful Calculations Which You Maybe Didn’t Know About (with Kenneth Wood)

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        A Step by Step tutorial to help everyone to learn how to design and build a simple microcontroller board. This Part 6 is about checking your board and soldering down missing components.
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                <span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Unpacking</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">01:03</span><span class="chapters-text">Put labels on your boards</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">06:39</span><span class="chapters-text">Do visual inspection</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">13:28</span><span class="chapters-text">Soldering down SOT-23 Diode</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">17:10</span><span class="chapters-text">Soldering down RGB SMT LED</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">19:24</span><span class="chapters-text">Through hole RGB LED</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">22:43</span><span class="chapters-text">Soldering down debug header</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">25:29</span><span class="chapters-text">Measure resistance of power rails</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">29:33</span><span class="chapters-text">Connecting our board to power</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">35:23</span><span class="chapters-text">Measure voltages on the power rails</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">37:46</span><span class="chapters-text">Measure oscillators and crystals</span>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://youtu.be/D_asM2Lh_I0">Finished project where you can see how this board is used</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://oshwlab.com/robertferanec/myboard">Download the finished Schematic and PCB here</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://github.com/FEDEVEL/youtube-tiny-simple">Download the project source code from here</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXvLToQzgzdea0sQXmpY8k4tfiXpkYIwO">Watch the full tutorial here</a></li>
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Tutorial #6: Useful Steps To Do After You Receive Your Boards From Production + Some soldering tips

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        Just a quick video about de-soldering components. I hope you will find it useful.
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