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How to come up with ideas for electronics projects and having fun when building them. Talking with Chris Greening
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@atomic14">Chris' YT channel</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://esp32zx.substack.com/about">Chris' ZX Spectrum Project</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL Online courses</a></li>
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Cool DIY Electronics Projects

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What is on motherboards and server boards, how they work and how they are designed. 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">00:49</span><span class="chapters-text">What is a complex design</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">08:22</span><span class="chapters-text">PC Motherboard described</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">12:39</span><span class="chapters-text">Power</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">16:03</span><span class="chapters-text">Power states</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">21:10</span><span class="chapters-text">Laptop vs. Standard PC</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">23:07</span><span class="chapters-text">Thermal management</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">27:06</span><span class="chapters-text">I2C</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">29:33</span><span class="chapters-text">Memories and timing</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">39:25</span><span class="chapters-text">x86 vs. other architectures</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">42:06</span><span class="chapters-text">Industrial motherboards</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">45:30</span><span class="chapters-text">Backplanes</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">47:38</span><span class="chapters-text">High speed signals, signal integrity, simulations</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">54:39</span><span class="chapters-text">QUCS simulator</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">56:23</span><span class="chapters-text">SPI, JTAG</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">58:32</span><span class="chapters-text">How many schematic pages and what is there</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:01:40</span><span class="chapters-text">SERDES</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:06:43</span><span class="chapters-text">Power supplies</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:18:19</span><span class="chapters-text">Reliability issues, testing and measuring</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:24:29</span><span class="chapters-text">Debugging</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:24:40</span><span class="chapters-text">PCB materials</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:33:06</span><span class="chapters-text">Floor planning</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:37:54</span><span class="chapters-text">You power it up and it doesn't work</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:45:02</span><span class="chapters-text">Measuring by probes</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:47:20</span><span class="chapters-text">Open Compute Project OPC</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:49:15</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 Complex Motherboards Are Designed

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Ringing and how to simulate it so you can be sure you will not have this problem on your PCB
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            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">The problem</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">04:07</span><span class="chapters-text">Circuit simulators</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">06:42</span><span class="chapters-text">Should I simulate?</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">14:08</span><span class="chapters-text">Solutions</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">19:38</span><span class="chapters-text">Do you need models?</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">24:25</span><span class="chapters-text">The board</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">28:24</span><span class="chapters-text">How the ringing happens</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">36:11</span><span class="chapters-text">Creating models and circuit for simulation</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">40:42</span><span class="chapters-text">Initial simulation vs. measurement and improving models</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">48:05</span><span class="chapters-text">Improved simulation</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">53:10</span><span class="chapters-text">Copper pour example</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:05:47</span><span class="chapters-text">Oscilloscope probe influences signal</span></li>
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The Simplest PCB Track Simulation vs. Measurement | Eric Bogatin

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        Why? You want to be sure that you will be able to fit all components on your PCB, even if their outlines are touching.
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TIP #077: Make component outline a little bit bigger than component real size

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        Why? During layout you immediately know what net you are routing.
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TIP #079: Name every important net in your schematic, even if …

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        Why? After some time, SMT may fell of the board … together with some tracks.
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