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Visiting a Big Factory in China - How they create libraries #EasyEDA #LCSC #JLCPCB

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Behind the scenes - have a look how libraries are created for EasyEDA software. Links: – Thank you very much to JLCPCB – FEDEVEL courses

Shall We Use a Ferrite Bead in Power Rail or Not? | Explained by Eric Bogatin

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When a ferrite bead should not be used in power rail and when it is ok. Thank you Eric. Links: – Eric´s Linked In – Study High-Speed Digital Engineering at University – What Decoupling Capacitor Value To Use And Where To Place Them – FEDEVEL courses

How to Measure And Calculate Board Runtime for a Single Battery Charge - ESP32 Example

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Simple tips and tricks to increase battery runtime by correctly measuring currents. This video also shows power consumption of ESP32 board in different modes (deep sleep, WiFi, normal). Thank you very much Andrea Longobardi Links: – Andrea´s Linked In – Andrea´s company – FEDEVEL courses

How I Made My Own AR Headset | Aedan Cullen

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Worried if you can design your ides? Don´t be. Even designing your own AR glasses is possible. Thank you very much Aedan Cullen Links: – Aedan´s Linked In – Aedan on The Amp Hour – FEDEVEL courses

Most People Have Never Seen These Machines | Visiting #JLCPCB

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Very unusual machines that I have seen when visiting JLCPCB factory. Links: – Thank you very much to JLCPCB – FEDEVEL courses

Selecting Inductor For Switching Power Supply - Not everyone knows this #HighlightsRF

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When using inductor consider also material, height, rotation .... Explained by Carmen Parisi. Links: – How to design perfect switching power supply – Carmen's LinkedIn – FEDEVEL courses

Watch How Capacitors Placement Makes a Big Difference #HighlightsRF

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See how placing a decoupling capacitor closer makes a difference. Thank you very much Eric Bogatin. Links: – Eric´s LinkedIn – What Decoupling Capacitor Value To Use And Where To Place Them – FEDEVEL courses

How is a chip (die) connected to the pins? Do you know? #HighlightsRF

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Explains how the silicon of a chip is connected to the pins inside of a package. Thank you very much Joren Vaes. Links: – Explained How Chips Are Designed – Joren's LinkedIn – FEDEVEL courses

PCB Antenna - How To Design, Measure And Tune

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If you have a PCB antenna on your board, you need to know this. Thank you very much Kaja Sørbotten from Nordic Semiconductor. Links: – Kajas LinkedIn – Nordic Semiconductor – FEDEVEL courses

How Can You Measure DDR Memories? (DDR5 / DDR4 / DDR3)

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Explains how to connect an oscilloscope to DDR bus, what signals to measure and what to look for. Thank you very much Randy White from Keysight. Links: – How to test DDR5 Transmitter Compliance – How to Characterize and Test DDR5 Receiver Compliance – FEDEVEL courses

How to Design a Circuit Board

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A short tutorial about how PCBs (Printed Circuit Boards) are created. Links: – How to Make Custom ESP32 Board in 3 Hours | Full Tutorial – FEDEVEL courses

Understanding High Speed Signals - PCIE, Ethernet, MIPI, ...

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Helps you to understand how high speed signals work. Thank you very much Anton Unakafov Links: – Anton's Linked In – BitifEye – FEDEVEL courses

How To Select and Place ESD Components To Protect Your Boards?

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Explained how ESD protection works and how to choose the correct one for your PCBs. Thank you very much Andreas Hardock Links: – Andreas' Linked In – Nexperia – FEDEVEL courses

Machine Learning Explained: Teaching A Robot To Walk Tutorial

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Machine learning explained for everyone. Thank you very much Sergiy Nesterenko Links: – Sergiy 's Linked In – Sergiy 's company: Quilter – FEDEVEL courses

How Do You Connect Fiber Optics To a Chip? Do you know how?

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How is optical signal processed inside of chips. Thank you very much Ashkan Seyedi Links: – Ashkan's Linked In – NVIDIA – FEDEVEL courses

From Idea To Product - How?

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You will learn how to transform your idea for an electronic product into a finished product that can be manufactured on a large scale. Thank you very much Alex Gudilko Links: – Alex's Linked In – Alex's company: AJProTech – FEDEVEL courses

Which USB Has The Best Power? Big differences ...

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Explained: USB 2 vs. USB 3 vs. USB 4, about USB Power, USB-C and other connectors, USB speed and more. Thank you very much Jit Lim Links: – Jit's Linked In – Keysight USB-C PD system – FEDEVEL courses

Which Capacitors To Use ... X5R, Y5V, NPO, X7R ? Or Something Else?

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When designing boards, this is what you need to know about capacitors. Thank you very much Ron Demcko. Links: – Ron's Linked In – KYOCERA AVX – FEDEVEL courses

How To Connect Altium With a Mechanical CAD Software? Here is an example ...

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This video explains how Altium can be used with a CAD software. Thank you very much Nikolai Nyrkov Using: Altium Designer + MCAD CoDesigner + FUSION 360 Links: – Nikolai Nyrkov Linked In – FEDEVEL courses

Machine Learning Explained + Example: Arduino and Hand Gesture Recognition | Shawn Hymel

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Explained how machine learning works. Thank you very much Shawn. Links: – Shawn Hymel Linked In – GitHub repo with full tutorial – TinyML book – TinyML Cookbook – Edge AI book – Intro to Embedded ML course – Computer Vision with Embedded ML course – EdX TinyML professional certification – FEDEVEL courses

How To Simulate PCB in Open Source Software

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A step by step tutorial to setup PDN simulation using open source software and much more. Thank you very much Lukas. Links: – Lukas Henkel LinkedIn – Lukas’ youtube – FEDEVEL courses

Very Important For PCB Layout: Crossing planes explained by Eric Bogatin

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What is happening when signals travel over a gap in your PCB? Thank you very much Eric. Links: – Ansys free version – Ten Signal Integrity Rules of Thumb webinar – FEDEVEL courses

Do You Know How Signal Travels Through a VIA? Are You Sure? | Explained by Eric Bogatin

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What is happening with signals when tracks are changing layers in PCB? Thank you very much Eric. Links: – Ansys free version – Ten Signal Integrity Rules of Thumb webinar – FEDEVEL courses

How to Make Custom ESP32 Box in 1 Hour | Full Tutorial

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In this tutorial you will learn how to design and 3D print your own box for any board. Links: – FEDEVEL courses: https://courses.fedevel.com/

Build Your Own Circuits in Browser | ESP32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi Pico

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Super easy way to create and test your electronic boards and products. Thank you very much Uri Shaked. Links: – Wokwi: https://wokwi.com/ – Uri's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/urishaked/ – FEDEVEL courses: https://courses.fedevel.com/

Hacking Hardware – Ways and tools to find out what an electronic board is doing and influence it

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Thank you very much Samy Kamkar. Links: – Samy’s website: https://samy.pl/ – Samy’s github: https://github.com/samyk – Samy’s twitter: https://twitter.com/samykamkar – FEDEVEL courses: https://courses.fedevel.com/

How To Do 3D Mechanical Design? It’s Easy. This Is How It Works ….

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If you are starting to use or planning to use FUSION 360, watch this. This video explains the important basics and workflow and can save you a lot of time. Links: – Phil’s youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCVryWqJ4cSlbTSETBHpBUWw – FEDEVEL courses: https://courses.fedevel.com/

Explained How Chips Are Designed

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From chip schematic, through libraries, chip layout, packaging, simulation and more. Explained by Joren Vaes. Thank you Joren. Links: – Joren’s Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joren-vaes-mmwave/ – Apheniox company website: https://www.apheniox.com/ – FEDEVEL courses: https://courses.fedevel.com/

Tutorial – How To Fully Control ESP32 Over Internet

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A step by step tutorial where you create a code to control your ESP32 over the Internet (including firmware update over Internet). Explained by Mike Szczys. Thank you Mike. Links: – Mike’s Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeszczys/ – Golioth company website: https://golioth.io – FEDEVEL courses: https://courses.fedevel.com/

What Decoupling Capacitor Value To Use And Where To Place Them | Eric Bogatin

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Practical examples to show what decoupling capacitors do. Explained by Eric Bogatin. Thank you Eric. Links: – Bogatin’s Practical Guide to Prototype Breadboard and PCB Design: https://www.amazon.com/Bogatins-Practical-Prototype-Breadboard-Design/dp/163081962X – The Myth of Three Capacitor Values: https://www.signalintegrityjournal.com/articles/1589-the-myth-of-three-capacitor-values – Signal Integrity Academy (use FEDSI – 3 months free): https://www.bethesignal.com/bogatin/3monthsubscription.php – FEDEVEL courses: https://courses.fedevel.com/

How to Make Custom Board – Arduino Shield in 2 Hours | Full Tutorial

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In this tutorial you will learn how to draw schematic, do PCB layout, manufacture your board and program it. Learn more about electronics, check out our online courses: – https://courses.fedevel.com/

Will This Make Hardware Design Easier? | With Kyle Dumont

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Many features useful for hardware design engineers – see schematic & PCB, project history, differences between versions, track issues, manage reviews, … I really like what allspice.io is doing and I talked to Kyle Dumont about their system. Links: – Allspice website: https://www.allspice.io/ – Use FEDEVEL code to get 75% discount: https://content.allspice.io/fedevel – Project example: https://hub.allspice.io/kyle/youtube-altium-quick-tutorial-new – FEDEVEL online courses: https://courses.fedevel.com/

How are big FPGA (and other) boards designed? Tips and Tricks

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Many useful tips to design complex boards. Explained by Marko Hoepken. Thank you very much Marko.

How To 3D Print a Model of Your PCB | Step by Step

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A tutorial about how to create a PCB 3D model from DXF file and how to 3D print it. This is a super nice and simple way to check PCB dimensions and position of critical elements such connectors or mounting holes before you send your PCB to production.