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The essential information about FCC and CE explained. Thank you very much Clemens Mayer.
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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">01:28</span><span class="chapters-text">Why is this topic important?</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">04:05</span><span class="chapters-text">Overview of the video</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">06:29</span><span class="chapters-text">What the FCC considers a module</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">10:37</span><span class="chapters-text">Difference between FCC and CE</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">22:50</span><span class="chapters-text">Where to find compliance documents and standards</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">28:11</span><span class="chapters-text">How to know which certification your product needs</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">33:46</span><span class="chapters-text">Lab report vs. Declaration of conformity</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">38:30</span><span class="chapters-text">Sub-assemblies</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">43:10</span><span class="chapters-text">Steps to EU compliance</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">45:27</span><span class="chapters-text">Self-certification</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">47:04</span><span class="chapters-text">Misuse of CE marking</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">51:07</span><span class="chapters-text">Costs</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">52:02</span><span class="chapters-text">How to obtain CE marking</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">57:07</span><span class="chapters-text">Pre-compliance testing</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:00:56</span><span class="chapters-text">When does a module make sense?</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:07:24</span><span class="chapters-text">Compliance is more than RED and EMC</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:14:15</span><span class="chapters-text">Own pre-compliance setup</span></li>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:30:03</span><span class="chapters-text">Example: Bluetooth connected action camera</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:34:46</span><span class="chapters-text">Example: Long range Wifi Door Alarm</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:37:30</span><span class="chapters-text">Example: Dancing Robot Kit</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:45:21</span><span class="chapters-text">How to figure it out for your product</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:49:04</span><span class="chapters-text">Who can help with certification</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:56:03</span><span class="chapters-text">How Smander can help</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">2:00:49</span><span class="chapters-text">Outro</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://europa.eu/youreurope/business/product-requirements/labels-markings/ce-marking/">CE marking</a></li>
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Everyone designing PCB boards needs to watch this - Certification ( FCC & CE )

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Explaining process of making chips. Thank you very much Heather Richardson.
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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">01:37</span><span class="chapters-text">Silicon and wafers</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">05:09</span><span class="chapters-text">The process</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">06:59</span><span class="chapters-text">Doping</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">10:06</span><span class="chapters-text">Making an inverter</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">14:17</span><span class="chapters-text">Gate oxide</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">17:16</span><span class="chapters-text">Source and drain regions</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">18:45</span><span class="chapters-text">Why analog chips are harder to build</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">26:16</span><span class="chapters-text">Connecting transistors</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">32:14</span><span class="chapters-text">PDK - Process Design Kit</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">38:39</span><span class="chapters-text">Steps of designing chip</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">43:38</span><span class="chapters-text">Parameterized cells</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">48:24</span><span class="chapters-text">How long does chip manufacturing take</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">55:11</span><span class="chapters-text">How much does it cost</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:04:26</span><span class="chapters-text">Foundries (Factories manufacturing chips)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:07:52</span><span class="chapters-text">Reticle</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:13:50</span><span class="chapters-text">Capacitors and resistors</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:18:56</span><span class="chapters-text">US and global IC manufacturing</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:23:28</span><span class="chapters-text">Why is it expensive to build and run chip factory</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:28:38</span><span class="chapters-text">About Heather</span></li>
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How Are Chips Manufactured?

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This video explains how to calculate and choose output capacitor for switching power supplies. Thank you very much Ali Shirsavar.
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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">00:22</span><span class="chapters-text">Why do we need output capacitor?</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">06:03</span><span class="chapters-text">Measurement: Voltage dip and ripple on output voltage</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">08:23</span><span class="chapters-text">Calculating capacitor value to meet voltage dip requirement</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">13:58</span><span class="chapters-text">Calculating ceramic capacitor value to meet ripple requirements</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">22:12</span><span class="chapters-text">Measuring ripple on ceramic capacitor</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">28:30</span><span class="chapters-text">Measuring ripple on electrolytic capacitor</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">31:14</span><span class="chapters-text">Calculating maximum ESR of electrolytic capacitor to meet ripple requirements</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">37:51</span><span class="chapters-text">Finding the right capacitor</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">43:24</span><span class="chapters-text">Capacitance of ceramic capacitor drops with DC voltage (DC Bias)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">45:12</span><span class="chapters-text">Ali's software</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">46:40</span><span class="chapters-text">About Ali</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://biricha.com/workshops/">Ali´s company and workshops</a></li>

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How to Calculate the Output Capacitor for a Switching Power Supply? It's simple. Explained here...

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        What is your best tip for board testing? What did you find very useful? Thank you Sean Hadley
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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">07:20</span><span class="chapters-text">Test Jigs</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">10:34</span><span class="chapters-text">castellated edges</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">11:51</span><span class="chapters-text">what you need</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">12:44</span><span class="chapters-text">serial number</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">21:44</span><span class="chapters-text">schematics</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">23:02</span><span class="chapters-text">code examples</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">24:46</span><span class="chapters-text">entry level GUI</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">25:58</span><span class="chapters-text">placement of test points</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">28:28</span><span class="chapters-text">board holders</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">32:29</span><span class="chapters-text">clocks</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">34:22</span><span class="chapters-text">voltages</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">37:11</span><span class="chapters-text">test points</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">40:07</span><span class="chapters-text">dissolve pins</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">41:05</span><span class="chapters-text">language</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">43:14</span><span class="chapters-text">Python</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">50:43</span><span class="chapters-text">Making your own test</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">52:44</span><span class="chapters-text">Making your own plexiglass</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">54:19</span><span class="chapters-text">Making your own cradle</span>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.magicdaq.com/">MagicDAQ</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://youtu.be/mVW83boEbE0?t=53">INGUN - Manual Test Fixture MA 260</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://learn.adafruit.com/how-to-build-a-testing-fixture/solder-pogo-pins">How to Build a Testing Jig</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/tz2340-frequency-counter/">TZ2340 Frequency Counter test jig</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.javelin-tech.com/blog/2016/10/pogo-pins-3d-printed-fixtures/">Using Pogo Pins to Add Electrical Connectivity to Your 3D Printed Fixtures</a></li>
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How To Create a Test For Your Boards – Everything essential you need to know (with Sean Hadley)

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        A Step by Step tutorial to help anyone to learn how to design and build a simple microcontroller board – even if you have never designed any boards before and you do not know much about electronics. This Part 1 is about how to draw a schematic for power and LED.
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                <span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">About this tutorial</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">03:20</span><span class="chapters-text">Starting a new project</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">05:36</span><span class="chapters-text">Choosing & Placing RGB LED</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">11:47</span><span class="chapters-text">Choosing & Placing Accelerometer</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">16:25</span><span class="chapters-text">Choosing & Placing Button</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">18:02</span><span class="chapters-text">Choosing & Placing Microcontroller</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">23:13</span><span class="chapters-text">Choosing & Placing Power supply</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">25:22</span><span class="chapters-text">Choosing & Placing 10uF capacitor</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">27:08</span><span class="chapters-text">Connecting Power supply</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">29:37</span><span class="chapters-text">Choosing & Placing Battery connector</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">31:51</span><span class="chapters-text">Adding micro USB circuit</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">42:25</span><span class="chapters-text">Choosing & Placing Diode</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">51:20</span><span class="chapters-text">Choosing & Placing Power LED</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">57:26</span><span class="chapters-text">How to calculate LED resistor</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">1:04:10</span><span class="chapters-text">Choosing & Placing MOSFET Transistor</span>
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            <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 #1: How to Design and Build Your Own Board – Simply and Easily

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        What is your experience with a cheap assembly service? I am curious, maybe I just had a bad luck with this specific board?
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