An inspiring story about how Sam designed and built his own smartwatch from scratch. You can do it too ... design your own dreams. Links - Sam's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samsonmarch - Sam's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samson-march/ - Github: https://github.com/S-March/smarchWatch_PUBLIC/ Links from the video: - Original post: https://imgur.com/gallery/FSBwD3g - PSOC 4: https://www.cypress.com/file/416486/download - DA14683 Datasheet: https://www.dialog-semiconductor.com/sites/default/files/da14683_ds_3v1.pdf - DIALOG website: … Continue reading Open Source Smartwatch – Samson March
Tag: Hardware Design
How to Draw Schematic & Tips to Improve Schematic – Being careful (Part 3)
How to redirect high speed interfaces, about decoupling the chips and connectors, about cables and connector pinout Original project can be downloaded from here: https://www.fedevel.com/designhelp/forum/test/pcb-layout/10466-hdmi-connection
How to Draw Schematic & Tips to Improve Schematic – Checking Pin Connections (Part 2)
How to check pin connections of a chip and what to be careful about. Original project can be downloaded from here: https://www.fedevel.com/designhelp/forum/test/pcb-layout/10466-hdmi-connection
How to Draw Schematic & Tips to Improve Schematic – Visual Improvements (Part 1)
Pointing out the things what you may need to be careful about, what to improve in your schematic and why. Original project can be downloaded from here: https://www.fedevel.com/designhelp/forum/test/pcb-layout/10466-hdmi-connection
See how signals are travelling in your PCB
This video helps you to visualize what is happening on your board - especially important for designing very high speed interfaces. Link to the company and software used for the simulation: http://www.simberian.com/ Thank you very much to Yuriy Shlepnev for the call: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuriy-shlepnev-7b39136
Altium – How to Copy Placement
Simple way to copy placement between components or cloning / replicating placement of component blocks in PCB. You can try it by yourself. Here is link to the Altium project: https://github.com/FEDEVEL/youtube-placement-cloning
Need Your Help with Research
It's simple - we just would talk about how you do HW design at your company. I am doing research about "How companies implement HW design process" and I am trying to talk about this topic to as many people as possible. If you would be interested to help, please send me an email or … Continue reading Need Your Help with Research
Understanding PCB Layout Essential – Change the way how you look at the tracks
About different way of thinking when doing PCB Layout. Do not think about voltages and currents, think about transferring energy. Link to the original Rick Hartley's presentation: https://www.altium.com/live-conference/altiumlive-2018-annual-pcb-design-summit#The-Extreme-importance-of-PC-Board-Stack-up
How to use Bluetooth on your Board (Practical Example)
Step-by-Step tutorial about writing a simple code which can transfer data between your Board and MacBook (or iPhone, iPad) over Bluetooth.
Altium – How to set and use Layer Type (very useful in libraries)
A feature which helps you to define PCB layers based on how they are used instead of assigning them to a specific Mechanical Layer.