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Watch how we probe the silicon of a chip and do laser drilling of a silicon die. A lot of information about why and how to probe silicon. Thank you very much John McMaster.
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            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">What</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:18</span><span class="chapters-text">Why to probe silicon?</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">04:39</span><span class="chapters-text">How is the silicon probed? How does the probe look?</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">09:06</span><span class="chapters-text">Probe needles</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">10:49</span><span class="chapters-text">About probing silicon</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">17:36</span><span class="chapters-text">How to remove package</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">20:36</span><span class="chapters-text">Probing and broken bond wires</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">24:12</span><span class="chapters-text">Probing to read firmware, bypassing on chip fuses</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">29:37</span><span class="chapters-text">What microscope to use to probe chips</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">40:21</span><span class="chapters-text">Material the probes are made from</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">41:35</span><span class="chapters-text">How to know where to probe the silicon</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">51:46</span><span class="chapters-text">Why / how - wafer test</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">59:31</span><span class="chapters-text">About John and his work</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:04:56</span><span class="chapters-text">More about probes</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:08:46</span><span class="chapters-text">Probe cards</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:12:33</span><span class="chapters-text">Wafer probers / testers</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:18:26</span><span class="chapters-text">Wafer storage</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:22:13</span><span class="chapters-text">Optical probing</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:25:34</span><span class="chapters-text">Alignment</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:28:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Wafers aren't flat</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:30:13</span><span class="chapters-text">Probe holders - Micro positioners</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:37:19</span><span class="chapters-text">About extracting firmware from 80C51</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:42:15</span><span class="chapters-text">Hans on micro probing class</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:44:16</span><span class="chapters-text">Live chip probing</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:47:55</span><span class="chapters-text">Live: Preparing the probe</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:52:51</span><span class="chapters-text">Live: Putting the probe on silicon</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">2:00:34</span><span class="chapters-text">Live: Laser drilling to silicon </span></li>
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How to probe the silicon inside of a chip | Explained by John McMaster

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        After watching this video you may be considering CAN for your next project. Thank you very much Ken.
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            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:25</span><span class="chapters-text">About CAN bus</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">03:11</span><span class="chapters-text">Hardware setup and CAN boards used in this video</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">05:27</span><span class="chapters-text">CAN termination and cable</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">10:19</span><span class="chapters-text">How to use CAN in your own system</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">12:18</span><span class="chapters-text">MCP2518 CAN controller</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">13:08</span><span class="chapters-text">CAN Signals</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">17:07</span><span class="chapters-text">CAN Identifier</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">21:11</span><span class="chapters-text">CAN implementation in a system</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">23:33</span><span class="chapters-text">Handling errors in CAN bus</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">30:02</span><span class="chapters-text">Getting data based on request - remote frame</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">32:18</span><span class="chapters-text">Software setup</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">33:57</span><span class="chapters-text">Using microPython to communicate over CAN bus</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">39:44</span><span class="chapters-text">About CAN timestmaps</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">43:48</span><span class="chapters-text">CAN priority explained</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">49:46</span><span class="chapters-text">Tools to debug CAN bus</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">55:01</span><span class="chapters-text">What Ken does, CAN bus security</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:06:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Signal vs Reflections</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:11:36</span><span class="chapters-text">CAN bus baudrate</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:14:41</span><span class="chapters-text">Are there CAN standards?</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://canislabs.com/">Ken's company</a></li>
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CAN Bus is Simple and Actually Really Cool | Explained by Ken Tindell

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Behind the scenes - have a look how libraries are created for EasyEDA software.
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://jlcpcb.com/">Thank you very much to JLCPCB</a></li>
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Visiting a Big Factory in China - How they create libraries #EasyEDA #LCSC #JLCPCB

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        Why? This helps you to minimize number of revisions of your board.
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TIP #073: If you are not 100% sure if a circuit is going to work correctly, add …

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        Why? Dot may not be very well visible in PDF or printed schematics. Values can be easily mixed up, for example using 22uH inductor instead of 2.2uH can cause problems.
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TIP #075: Consider not using dot (“.”) in symbol description e.g. 2.2uH. Do it this way instead 2u2

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        Why? Hierarchical design may be hard to follow and read. It adds additional work and it can bring in unnecessary mistakes.
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