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In this tutorial you will design and build your own keyboard. You will also learn all the essentials to design and build any electronics. Enjoy!
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://github.com/FEDEVEL/custom-keyboard">Github (HW + 3D + SW)</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL Online courses</a></li>
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Tutorial - Custom DIY Keyboard Design and Build | Part 2: Keyboard Schematic

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        In this tutorial you will design and build your own keyboard. You will also learn all the essentials to design and build any electronics. Enjoy!
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            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">What is this tutorial about</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">03:34</span><span class="chapters-text">Starting a new project</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">08:42</span><span class="chapters-text">Adding RP2040</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">14:43</span><span class="chapters-text">Adding 100nF</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">20:12</span><span class="chapters-text">Adding 2.2uF</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">23:14</span><span class="chapters-text">Adding 200R</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">25:43</span><span class="chapters-text">Adding 27R</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">27:40</span><span class="chapters-text">Adding USB-C connector</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">31:25</span><span class="chapters-text">Adding ESD protection</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">34:03</span><span class="chapters-text">Adding 1uF</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">36:10</span><span class="chapters-text">Connecting USB CC pins</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">36:46</span><span class="chapters-text">Adding 5.1k</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">38:21</span><span class="chapters-text">Voltage regulator 5V to 3V3</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">42:27</span><span class="chapters-text">Adding 47uF</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">45:49</span><span class="chapters-text">Crystal ABM8-272-T3</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">47:22</span><span class="chapters-text">Adding 1k</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">48:32</span><span class="chapters-text">Adding 15pF</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">49:48</span><span class="chapters-text">Adding 1M</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">52:52</span><span class="chapters-text">Flash W25Q128JVS</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">58:20</span><span class="chapters-text">Boot Select Button</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:01:09</span><span class="chapters-text">Adding 100k</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:03:10</span><span class="chapters-text">Reset Button</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:04:28</span><span class="chapters-text">Adding 10k</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:08:23</span><span class="chapters-text">Adding 1x3 Header</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:11:50</span><span class="chapters-text">User LED</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:15:06</span><span class="chapters-text">Power LED</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:16:38</span><span class="chapters-text">Thank you for watching</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://oshwlab.com/robertferanec/custom-keyboard">Finished project (EasyEDA)</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://github.com/FEDEVEL/custom-keyboard">Github (HW + 3D + SW)</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6784228">Thingiverse (3D)</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXvLToQzgzdftro2qK5In8p6ExsDFdpzw">Link to the complete playlist</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL Online courses</a></li>
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Tutorial - Custom DIY Keyboard Design and Build: Schematic + PCB + Case | Part 1 - RP2040

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Why is the thickness of PCB layers important? Explained.
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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">00:36</span><span class="chapters-text">What is PCB stackup</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">01:08</span><span class="chapters-text">Is stackup important?</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">01:37</span><span class="chapters-text">Layer thickness vs. crosstalk</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">03:37</span><span class="chapters-text">Layer thickness vs. track width</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">05:11</span><span class="chapters-text">Layer count and order</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">07:44</span><span class="chapters-text">Conclusion</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL Online courses</a></li>
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How to choose PCB?

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        Schematic tips and tricks to improve legibility, clarity, and usefulness. Tool-independent techniques but shown in Altium Designer, as well as showing things not do featuring a ´commercial´ schematic.
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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">00:55</span><span class="chapters-text">Sectioning</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">02:35</span><span class="chapters-text">Title Block</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">03:14</span><span class="chapters-text">Text and Calculations</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">04:17</span><span class="chapters-text">Symbols</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">05:20</span><span class="chapters-text">Crossings</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">06:17</span><span class="chapters-text">Net Labels</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">07:02</span><span class="chapters-text">Horizontal Text</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">07:19</span><span class="chapters-text">Power and Ground Direction</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">07:38</span><span class="chapters-text">Junctions</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">08:20</span><span class="chapters-text">Overlapping Text</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">08:38</span><span class="chapters-text">Component Order and Placement</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">10:22</span><span class="chapters-text">Colours</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">10:56</span><span class="chapters-text">Annotation</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">11:26</span><span class="chapters-text">What not to do...</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses/mixed-signal-hardware-design-with-kicad">Mixed-signal Hardware Design course</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://fedevel.com/courses">FEDEVEL courses</a></li>
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Schematic Tips & Tricks - Phil's Lab #62

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        Watch how the antenna fields will look around your head when wearing Bluetooth headphones. One of the best videos I have ever recorded.
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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>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">01:08</span><span class="chapters-text">Antenna fields around a coffee maker</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">10:35</span><span class="chapters-text">About the software used in this video: Ansys HFSS</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">14:23</span><span class="chapters-text">Designing inverted F antenna</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">17:49</span><span class="chapters-text">Placing antenna into a system</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">25:10</span><span class="chapters-text">Coffee machine + table + person + headphones + smartwatch</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">30:59</span><span class="chapters-text">Exporting antenna to PCB software</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">33:54</span><span class="chapters-text">Using existing antennas e.g. ceramic antenna</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">44:08</span><span class="chapters-text">What to look for in the simulation results</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">56:56</span><span class="chapters-text">Antenna pattern around a smartwatch</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">1:05:38</span><span class="chapters-text">Going through the Ansys software Project Manager panel</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">1:16:26</span><span class="chapters-text">About the ANSYS software price</span>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/markus-laudien-6130665/">Markus' LinkedIn</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.ansys.com/products/electronics/ansys-hfss">Software used: ANSYS HFSS</a></li>
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Is This The Best Antenna Design And Simulation Software? | Markus Laudien

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        Do you talk to your PCB manufacturer and Assembly house to design better boards?
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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>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">00:30</span><span class="chapters-text">Tombstones</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">12:43</span><span class="chapters-text">Component rotation</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">18:54</span><span class="chapters-text">Wrong footprint</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">26:57</span><span class="chapters-text">Components too close to board edge</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">32:44</span><span class="chapters-text">Solder mask web / Solder mask slivers</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">35:53</span><span class="chapters-text">About exposed pads</span>
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            <li class="chapters-list-item">
                <span class="chapters-time">42:48</span><span class="chapters-text">Thermal relief</span>
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            Links:
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amit-bahl-290a724/">Amit's LinkedIn</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.protoexpress.com/pcb-design-guides/dfa-handbook/">DFA Handbook</a></li>
            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.protoexpress.com/">Sierra Circuits</a></li>
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