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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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        <img src="https://assets.fedevel.com/blog/2019/10/4bf6f-imx6-rex-infra-red-comparision-image.jpg" alt="iMX6 Rex Infra-red comparision image" />
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        Here are some pictures of the same PCB, but running different software applications:
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            <li class="content-list-item"><span class="content-text">Notice the CPU temperature difference when nothing is running (49.9°C) and when a test is running (76.4) – compare the first and third picture.</span></li>
            <li class="content-list-item"><span class="content-text">Have a look at the picture in the middle. Memories become more visible when running a memory test.</span></li>
            <li class="content-list-item"><span class="content-text">See the huge difference in Ethernet temperature when Ethernet cable is connected (the middle picture, bottom right corner) and disconnected.</span></li>
            <li class="content-list-item"><span class="content-text">It’s interesting to see, how the whole PCB will warm up from a few hot components – the module PCB is much warmer than the Baseboard PCB (in background).</span></li>
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        <i>Picture: Uboot only (Ethernet unplugged).</i>
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        <img src="https://assets.fedevel.com/blog/2019/10/05f18-01-uboot-without-eth-module.jpg" alt="01 uboot without eth module" />
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        <i>Picture: Memory test (Ethernet connected)</i>
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        <img src="https://assets.fedevel.com/blog/2019/10/f9e30-03-stresstest-mem-module.jpg" alt="03 stresstest mem module" />
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        <i>Picture: CPU test + Memory test (Ethernet unplugged)</i>
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        <img src="https://assets.fedevel.com/blog/2019/10/32526-05-stresstest-cpumem-eth-unplugged-module.jpg" alt="05 stresstest cpu+mem eth unplugged module" />
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        <h2 class="blog-content-heading">If you use a hot air gun, how the heat will spread on PCB?</h2>
        This was also an interesting experiment, we used a hot air gun (you can see it on the right picture) to heat up a small PCB. Notice, how the middle GND exposed pad is much colder then the area without copper <i>(note: the result may be affected by the shiny surface of golden areas).</i>
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        <img src="https://assets.fedevel.com/blog/2019/10/30c3e-sps-bottom-gun-rear1-180c2b0c-comparision.jpg" alt="SPS bottom gun rear1 180°C comparision" />
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A different look at your PCB – Infrared

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        This morning I read “<a href="http://blog.live.altium.com/#Blogs/octopart-extension-release">Altium Designer Extension from Octopart</a>” announcement at the Altium blog. So I decided to test it and it is quite good. <br><br>   

        Simply just press right click in Altium and you can find all the information about the selected component: suppliers, price, stock and download datasheet. Very useful.
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                <span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Intro</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">01:20</span><span class="chapters-text">Octopart</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">02:05</span><span class="chapters-text">Installation</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">02:55</span><span class="chapters-text">Testing</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">03:13</span><span class="chapters-text">Parameter</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">03:52</span><span class="chapters-text">Outro</span>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="http://octopart.com/">Octopart</a></li>
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Octopart in Altium – Compare price, suppliers, stock and see datasheet

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        Another post from the series about how long it takes to design a board. See the length matching, that took quite a lot. Hope it helps you while planning your projects (or arguing with your boss.)<br><br>

        <i>Picture: This is what we were designing – <a href="http://www.imx6rex.com/application/imx6-development-board/">iMX6 Rex Baseboard</a></i>
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        <b>Here are the real numbers from the design (<a href="https://assets.fedevel.com/blog/downloads/iMX6-Rex-Dev-BB-Timesheet.xls">Download the complete timesheet here</a>)</b><br>
        <i>Note: The baseboard was designed by a Junior design engineer.</i>
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        <img src="https://assets.fedevel.com/blog/other-images/iMX6-Baseboard-total-time.jpg" alt="iMX6 Baseboard - total time 300px" />
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        <img src="https://assets.fedevel.com/blog/other-images/iMX6-Baseboard-schematic-time.jpg" alt="iMX6 Baseboard - schematic time" />
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        <img src="https://assets.fedevel.com/blog/other-images/iMX6-Baseboard-library-time.jpg" alt="iMX6 Baseboard - library time" />
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        <img src="https://assets.fedevel.com/blog/other-images/iMX6-Baseboard-pcb-time.jpg" alt="iMX6 Baseboard - pcb time" />
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="http://www.imx6rex.com/application/imx6-development-board/">iMX6 Rex Baseboard</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://assets.fedevel.com/blog/downloads/iMX6-Rex-Dev-BB-Timesheet.xls">Download the complete timesheet</a></li>
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