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About how to find EMC noise fast using a simple near-field measurement setup. Thank you very much Ignacio de Mendizabal.
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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">02:08</span><span class="chapters-text">How a near field probe can be useful</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">04:45</span><span class="chapters-text">What are near filed probes</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">07:53</span><span class="chapters-text">Measurement setup</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">11:14</span><span class="chapters-text">Difference between Electric and magnetic probe</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">13:37</span><span class="chapters-text">Taking measurement - cable and magnetic probe, sinus signal</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">22:18</span><span class="chapters-text">Changing to square signal</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">26:00</span><span class="chapters-text">Changing to electrical probe</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">31:34</span><span class="chapters-text">Example 2 measurement setup - power supplies</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">40:30</span><span class="chapters-text">Measuring with magnetic probe</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">51:28</span><span class="chapters-text">Measuring with electric probe</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">01:00:03</span><span class="chapters-text">Measuring different power supply</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">01:14:56</span><span class="chapters-text">Big vs Small probe difference</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">01:23:29</span><span class="chapters-text">Conducted emissions - setup</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">01:30:10</span><span class="chapters-text">Conducted emissions measurement</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://github.com/imendizabal/Near-Field-Probes">Ignacio's Github</a></li>
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Solving EMC Problems Fast & Easy - Near Field Measurement in Your Lab

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Professional PCB board design is not only about Schematic and PCB layout. Thank you very much Scott Williams for sharing all these tips.
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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">02:17</span><span class="chapters-text">About Scott</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">05:26</span><span class="chapters-text">What is DFM about (Design For Manufacture)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">20:52</span><span class="chapters-text">Where to learn about DFM</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">28:57</span><span class="chapters-text">Don't do it, Collaborate, You decide</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">38:07</span><span class="chapters-text">6 DFF Tips from Scott (Design For Fabrication)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">53:36</span><span class="chapters-text">6 DFF Tips from PCBWay</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:02:49</span><span class="chapters-text">6 Tips for DFA from Scott (Design For Assembly)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:16:51</span><span class="chapters-text">7 Tips for DFA from Entech</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:36:14</span><span class="chapters-text">6 Tips for DFT from Scott (Design For Test)</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:49:31</span><span class="chapters-text">10+ Tips for DFT from Redback</span></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://xentronics.com.au/">Scott's company</a></li>
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            <li class="links-list-item"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/xentronics/?originalSubdomain=au">Scott's company LinkedIn</a></li>
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40+ Tips to Design PCB Boards for Mass Manufacturing

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This video helps you to decide which one to use. Thank you very much Frida Gail Rojas Contreras
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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">00:24</span><span class="chapters-text">About Frida</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">02:47</span><span class="chapters-text">Wireless protocols overview</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">06:24</span><span class="chapters-text">Bluetooth generations and BLE</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">09:46</span><span class="chapters-text">Speed</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">11:56</span><span class="chapters-text">Range</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">18:25</span><span class="chapters-text">Power consumption</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">25:52</span><span class="chapters-text">Modulation</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">30:22</span><span class="chapters-text">Channel access</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">36:14</span><span class="chapters-text">Latency</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">40:50</span><span class="chapters-text">Maximum connections</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">44:11</span><span class="chapters-text">Security</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">47:24</span><span class="chapters-text">Current standards and Primary use cases</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">50:47</span><span class="chapters-text">Modem communication</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">54:27</span><span class="chapters-text">Firmware architecture layers</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:02:38</span><span class="chapters-text">Key wireless protocol features</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:04:11</span><span class="chapters-text">Processing memory requirements</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:06:21</span><span class="chapters-text">Development integration considerations</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:10:33</span><span class="chapters-text">Wireless integration failure modes</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:19:21</span><span class="chapters-text">Real-world case studies</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:23:29</span><span class="chapters-text">How to prevent wireless integration failures</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:26:35</span><span class="chapters-text">How to choose a wireless protocol</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:35:26</span><span class="chapters-text">Final thoughts</span></li>
            <li class="chapters-list-item"><span class="chapters-time">1:38:30</span><span class="chapters-text">Outro</span></li>
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Comparing Bluetooth vs. WiFi vs. Cellular - Speed, Distance, Power ...

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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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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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                <span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">What is this video about</span>
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                <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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                <span class="chapters-time">00:00</span><span class="chapters-text">What is this video about</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">00:30</span><span class="chapters-text">Tombstones</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">12:43</span><span class="chapters-text">Component rotation</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">18:54</span><span class="chapters-text">Wrong footprint</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">26:57</span><span class="chapters-text">Components too close to board edge</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">32:44</span><span class="chapters-text">Solder mask web / Solder mask slivers</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">35:53</span><span class="chapters-text">About exposed pads</span>
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                <span class="chapters-time">42:48</span><span class="chapters-text">Thermal relief</span>
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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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