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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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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-bogatin-368860/">Eric´s LinkedIn</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL Online courses</a></li>
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The Simplest PCB Track Simulation vs. Measurement | Eric Bogatin

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        This video includes also explanation about setting up rules and how to do length matching of individual branches / segments.
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://github.com/FEDEVEL/board-imx6rex-module-in-cadence/raw/master/Try it by yourself - YOUTUBE - iMX6Rex module - T-Branch ADDR CMD CTL Length Matching.brd">File used in the video</a></li>
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How to do DDR3 T-Branch Length Matching (Cadence Allegro)

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    <div class="jetpack-video-wrapper"><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-t25gJIDQNo" class="youtube-player" width="740" height="416.418" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></span>
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        After watching this video you will have the most important info which will help you to simulate your own PCB layout. We will be using Cadence Sigrity, SystemSI, SPEED2000 and Allegro.
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="http://www.imx6rex.com/">iMX6 Rex project</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://github.com/FEDEVEL/board-imx6rex-module-in-cadence">Github with files</a></li>
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How To Do DDR3 Memory PCB Layout Simulation – Step by Step Tutorial

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        If you would like to be sure, that you have generated all the files needed to manufacture and assemble your board, this video can be useful for you.
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.fedevel.com/academy/tools/board-manufacturing-filename-generator/">Board Filename Generator</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="http://www.imx6rex.com/">iMX6 Rex Open source projects</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="http://www.28pins.com/">28Pins Open source project</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://github.com/FEDEVEL/fedevel-project-directory-template">FEDEVEL Directory template github</a></li>
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