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Tag: Hardware Design
Altium – Quick way to create symbols with many pins
Video explains how you can copy pin names from datasheet in insert them into your schematic symbol.
Altium – Create & Import New Component from Part Search (Step by Step)
How to use manufacturer part search to create and import a new component.
Fixing a board – Fake Chip!
Sometimes you buy a component and it doesn't behave as it should. Here we compare two new chips which suppose to be the same.
Review of Server PCB Layout & Schematic – Part 7: MISC
This video is about: Layer ordering, Poured GND on signal layers, 90 Degree angles, Power plane pulled back, Fiducials, USB & Ethernet shield, Non hierarchical schematic Project Olympus: https://www.opencompute.org/wiki/Server/ProjectOlympus Files - Olympus Intel: http://files.opencompute.org/oc/public.php?service=files&t=e969672c57d6e17647adea54f2c3e5a7&download
Review of Server PCB Layout & Schematic – Part 6: DDR4 Memory Layout & CPU Power
This video is about: DDR4 Layout, DDR4 Power Planes, Tabbed Routing, 90A (MAX 255A) Power Supply Planes, CPU Decoupling, Non PCB Components Project Olympus: https://www.opencompute.org/wiki/Server/ProjectOlympus Files - Olympus Intel: http://files.opencompute.org/oc/public.php?service=files&t=e969672c57d6e17647adea54f2c3e5a7&download
Review of Server PCB Layout & Schematic – Part 5: SFP 10Gb/s Interface
This video is about: SFP Layout, Backdrilled VIAs, PSU Connector, Impedance Coupons, OCuLink, SMBus Switch, I2C to UART Project Olympus: https://www.opencompute.org/wiki/Server/ProjectOlympus Files - Olympus Intel: http://files.opencompute.org/oc/public.php?service=files&t=e969672c57d6e17647adea54f2c3e5a7&download
Review of Server PCB Layout & Schematic – Part 4: PCI Express (PCIE)
This video is about: Zig-Zag routing, Stitching VIAs, Stub in PINs, Holes in GND under PADS and around VIAs, Port 80 & POST Codes Project Olympus: https://www.opencompute.org/wiki/Server/ProjectOlympus Files - Olympus Intel: http://files.opencompute.org/oc/public.php?service=files&t=e969672c57d6e17647adea54f2c3e5a7&download Cadence document: https://www.cadence.com/content/dam/cadence-www/global/en_US/documents/tools/pcb-design-analysis/pcb-west-2016-new-techniques-address-layout-challenges-high-speed-routing-cp.pdf 100Gbps design guidlines document: https://www.intel.com/content/dam/altera-www/global/en_US/pdfs/literature/an/an684.pdf
Review of Server PCB Layout & Schematic – Part 3: Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
This video is about: DDR3, VGA, BMC Decoupling, Power monitoring, BIOS Project Olympus: https://www.opencompute.org/wiki/Server/ProjectOlympus Files: http://files.opencompute.org/oc/public.php?service=files&t=e969672c57d6e17647adea54f2c3e5a7&download
Review of Server PCB Layout & Schematic – Part 2: Platform Controller Hub (PCH)
This video is about: SATA, USB 3.0, PCH Decoupling, Differential Pairs and Length Compensation, Info in Schematic, Level Translators, SPD Project Olympus: https://www.opencompute.org/wiki/Server/ProjectOlympus Files: http://files.opencompute.org/oc/public.php?service=files&t=e969672c57d6e17647adea54f2c3e5a7&download
