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Close look at BGA soldering, chip soldering, hand soldering and more
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Have you ever seen soldering THIS close?

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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="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">00:23</span><span class="chapters-text">How to come up with ideas</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">02:23</span><span class="chapters-text">How Chris learned and designed his 1st PCB</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">05:53</span><span class="chapters-text">EasyEDA vs. KiCAD</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">11:42</span><span class="chapters-text">Wireless LEDs</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">21:04</span><span class="chapters-text">Haptic knob</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">27:53</span><span class="chapters-text">Printing PCB at Home</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">32:26</span><span class="chapters-text">USB Tester</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">37:25</span><span class="chapters-text">ESP32 and MP3</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">41:57</span><span class="chapters-text">ESP-Now</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">44:37</span><span class="chapters-text">Minimalistic Microcontroller & TV project</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">50:17</span><span class="chapters-text">Touch Spectrum</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">59:32</span><span class="chapters-text">Paper display / ePaper</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:09:00</span><span class="chapters-text">DYI Alexa</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:15:01</span><span class="chapters-text">Laser Projected Asteroids game</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:24:10</span><span class="chapters-text">Your project may not work ...</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:31:51</span><span class="chapters-text">3D printing</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://esp32zx.substack.com/about">Chris´ ZX Spectrum Project</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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How Complex Motherboards Are Designed

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        Overview of how to design an STM32-based PCB including various peripherals (SD card, USB) and some sensors (IMU and barometric pressure sensor). Including information on how to order these PCBs fully-assembled from JLCPCB.<br><br>This board will be used in future videos on signal processing, STM32 firmware, and more - and is an upgrade on the original ´LittleBrain´ PCB.<br><br>Hardware designed using Altium Designer.
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            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Introduction</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:21</span><span class="chapters-text">LittleBrain++ (LittleBrain PCB Update)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">01:45</span><span class="chapters-text">Schematic Overview</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">02:04</span><span class="chapters-text">Power Supply Schematic</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">04:20</span><span class="chapters-text">STM32 Microcontroller</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">06:25</span><span class="chapters-text">Pin Assignment with STM32CubeIDE</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">08:15</span><span class="chapters-text">Serial Wire Debug (SWD)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">08:55</span><span class="chapters-text">USB</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">09:05</span><span class="chapters-text">SD Card</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">09:39</span><span class="chapters-text">GPIO Header</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">09:58</span><span class="chapters-text">Sensors (IMU and Pressure Sensor)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">11:26</span><span class="chapters-text">PCB Overview</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">11:52</span><span class="chapters-text">Layer Stackup and Impedances</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">12:51</span><span class="chapters-text">Power Supply Layout and Routing</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">13:22</span><span class="chapters-text">STM32 Layout and Routing</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">14:09</span><span class="chapters-text">SDIO and USB Interfaces</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">14:34</span><span class="chapters-text">Sensors Layout and Routing</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">14:56</span><span class="chapters-text">Ground and Stitching Vias</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">15:29</span><span class="chapters-text">Silkscreen</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">15:38</span><span class="chapters-text">Design Rule Check, Gerber and Assembly Files</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">16:33</span><span class="chapters-text">Ordering at JLCPCB</span></li>
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Altium STM32 Hardware Design - An Overview in Under 20 Minutes - Phil's Lab #38

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        Even if you have access to a simulation software, sometimes it’s super difficult to setup memory simulation. I hope this video helps.
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            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">What this video is about</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">02:22</span><span class="chapters-text">Importing board into PathWave</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">04:16</span><span class="chapters-text">Setting up stackup</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">07:15</span><span class="chapters-text">Setting up LPDDR4 simulation in SIPro (RapidScan, DDR Wizard )</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">20:13</span><span class="chapters-text">S-Parameters, Skew results, Sub-Circuit</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">25:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Setting up the simulation in Memory Designer schematic</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">39:48</span><span class="chapters-text">Viewing the results from memory simulation</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">44:39</span><span class="chapters-text">What to do when getting some weird results from the simulation</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.voipac.com/">VOIPAC</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://welldoneblogfedevel.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/im8xm-lpddr4-board-analysis-slides.pdf">Slides</a></li>
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Setting Up DDR4 Memory Simulation | ADS | with Vandana Wylde

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        See how a stitching VIA can help to control return current path when a track is changing reference layers.
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