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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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        How to check pin connections of a chip and what to be careful about.
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://designhelp.fedevel.com/forum/test/pcb-layout/10466-hdmi-connection">Original project can be downloaded from here</a></li>
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How to Draw Schematic & Tips to Improve Schematic – Checking Pin Connections (Part 2)

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        An inspiring story about how Sam designed and built his own smartwatch from scratch. You can do it too … design your own dreams.
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                <span class="chapters-time">04:49</span><span class="chapters-text">Schematic</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">05:38</span><span class="chapters-text">Charger</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">08:02</span><span class="chapters-text">Vibration Motor</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">08:50</span><span class="chapters-text">Display</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">14:20</span><span class="chapters-text">Components</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">45:17</span><span class="chapters-text">Antenna</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">48:06</span><span class="chapters-text">How Do You Know that the Antenna is Fine</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">49:44</span><span class="chapters-text">Acceleromater</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">50:26</span><span class="chapters-text">Accelerometer</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">1:05:42</span><span class="chapters-text">Apple Notification Center Service</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">1:06:04</span><span class="chapters-text">Notification Point</span>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/samsonmarch">Sam´s instagram</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/samson-march/">Sam´s LinkedIn</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://twitter.com/Samson_March">Sam´s Twitter</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://github.com/S-March/smarchWatch_PUBLIC/">Github</a></li>
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            Links from the video:
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://imgur.com/gallery/FSBwD3g">Original post</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.infineon.com/dgdl/Infineon-PSoC_4_4200_BLE_Family_Datasheet_Programmable_System-on-Chip-DataSheet-v01_00-EN.pdf?fileId=8ac78c8c7d0d8da4017d0ee5f2a26ddd&utm_source=cypress&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=202110_globe_en_all_integration-files&redirId=File_4_0_721">PSOC 4</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.renesas.com/eu/en/products/wireless-connectivity/bluetooth-low-energy/da14682-smartbond-bluetooth-low-energy-50-soc-enhanced-security-and-flash">DIALOG website</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/AMELIN-Lightness-240x240-round-display/dp/B079HV5MVP">Display on AMAZON</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91wbMasrSfL.pdf">Display Datasheet</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://newhavendisplay.com/content/datasheets/ST7789V.pdf">Display Driver datasheet (ST7789V)</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-Calibration-Assembled-Preloaded-Printable/dp/B07CJQ3D6L">Mini Delta 3D Printer</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/personal">Fusion 360</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.esslinger.com/watch-crystals/">Glass</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.pcbway.com/multi-layer-laminated-structure.html">PCB Way stackups</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/SMTHouse-Infrared-Soldering-Machine-Automatic/dp/B0152FTXN2">Reflow oven T962</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/segger-microcontroller-systems/8.08.91-J-LINK-EDU-MINI/7387472">JTAG EDU</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://youtu.be/tizClSFVHnQ">My Bluetooth project video</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/bivyok/i_made_a_smartwatch_from_scratch/">Original Reddit post</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://consent.yahoo.com/v2/collectConsent?sessionId=3_cc-session_ade03cc2-c84b-4382-8d22-c723d2b212f7">Original Engadget article</a></li>
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Open Source Smartwatch – Samson March

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        How to redirect high speed interfaces, about decoupling the chips and connectors, about cables and connector pinout
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://designhelp.fedevel.com/forum/test/pcb-layout/10466-hdmi-connection">Original project can be downloaded from here</a></li>
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