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For advanced topics, I've heard good stuff about these: https://academy.fedevel.com/courses/online-advanced-pcb-layout-course https://academy.fedevel.com/course

by joshvm 5y ago

For advanced topics, I've heard good stuff about these: https://academy.fedevel.com/courses/online-advanced-pcb-layout-course https://academy.fedevel.com/courses/online-advanced-pcb-layo... (high speed layout, BGAs, etc) Not free, but not super expensive and they also have introductory courses ($50). https://academy.fedevel.com/courses/online-want-to-design-your-own-arduino-board https://academy.fedevel.com/courses/online-want-to-design-yo...

fxtentacle 5y ago
My recommendation would be to search YouTube for "Rick Hartley". The guy is extremely knowledgeable, yet humble, and presents things like grandpa reciting a war story. It's easy to listen to, and I'd take him being on any kind of program as an endorsement that it'll be high quality content. The most important talk for beginners getting into high-speed is probably this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySuUZEjARPY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySuUZEjARPY because without proper grounding, interference and EMI is going to destroy your HF signals (for example CPU to RAM bus).
- tylermenezes 5y ago
  He's actually done some great videos in collaboration with the parent comment's recommendation, which you can find for free on their YouTube channel.
  - dotancohen 5y ago
    He seems very well grounded in the field.
    - scld 5y ago
      oh, you
    - borjah 5y ago
      Well done, sir.
crispyambulance 5y ago
That guy is really good. He reminds of the Andy Kaufmann character, Latka, from "Taxi". He has great interviews on Youtube as well.
oytis 5y ago
Altium is extremely expensive though. I wonder what it would take to do the same in KiCAD.
- dogma1138 5y ago
  Altium offers their hacker/hobbyist circuit maker for free, it uses the same engine as Altium just lacks some of its advanced features and parts library. https://www.altium.com/circuitmaker https://www.altium.com/circuitmaker
  - dieortin 5y ago
    I’m kind of getting started with PCB design, would you recommend circuitmaker over KiCad? As in, is the improvement worth going from free software to proprietary?
    - scld 5y ago
      I use Altium Designer almost exclusively now (Was OrCAD/PADS previously)......if I were starting over, I'd get much more into KiCAD. Higher learning curve but you can get legitimate professional-grade PCBs designed in it. The long-term answer is that you'll eventually want to try all of them. In my opinion, half of PCB layout is tool-agnostic and the other half is getting fast/proficient at a specific tool. When I moved to Altium, I knew that I wanted to "pour copper" to make a power plane, so I just had to google what the Altium equivalent was. The PCB concepts of layers/routing/grounding/clearance/vias/stackups and all that are universal, the terminology and shortcuts are just changed between tools.
    - deleted 5y ago
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    - xondono 5y ago
      If you intend to work in the field, KiCAD has very little penetration as of this moment. It’s better than nothing, but mot companies will prefer people with experience in Altium. If you just want to start doing some projects, KiCAD is mature enough and you’ll find more tutorials and content.
xondono 5y ago
Can vouch for fedevel. It’s my goto recommendation when someone wants to “graduate” from microcontrollers into more complex designs (DDRX memory, PCIe,…)

by joshvm 5y ago

fxtentacle 5y ago

My recommendation would be to search YouTube for "Rick Hartley". The guy is extremely knowledgeable, yet humble, and presents things like grandpa reciting a war story. It's easy to listen to, and I'd take him being on any kind of program as an endorsement that it'll be high quality content. The most important talk for beginners getting into high-speed is probably this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySuUZEjARPY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySuUZEjARPY because without proper grounding, interference and EMI is going to destroy your HF signals (for example CPU to RAM bus).

tylermenezes 5y ago
He's actually done some great videos in collaboration with the parent comment's recommendation, which you can find for free on their YouTube channel.
- dotancohen 5y ago
  He seems very well grounded in the field.
  - scld 5y ago
    oh, you
  - borjah 5y ago
    Well done, sir.

crispyambulance 5y ago

That guy is really good. He reminds of the Andy Kaufmann character, Latka, from "Taxi". He has great interviews on Youtube as well.

oytis 5y ago

Altium is extremely expensive though. I wonder what it would take to do the same in KiCAD.

dogma1138 5y ago
Altium offers their hacker/hobbyist circuit maker for free, it uses the same engine as Altium just lacks some of its advanced features and parts library. https://www.altium.com/circuitmaker https://www.altium.com/circuitmaker
- dieortin 5y ago
  I’m kind of getting started with PCB design, would you recommend circuitmaker over KiCad? As in, is the improvement worth going from free software to proprietary?
  - scld 5y ago
    I use Altium Designer almost exclusively now (Was OrCAD/PADS previously)......if I were starting over, I'd get much more into KiCAD. Higher learning curve but you can get legitimate professional-grade PCBs designed in it. The long-term answer is that you'll eventually want to try all of them. In my opinion, half of PCB layout is tool-agnostic and the other half is getting fast/proficient at a specific tool. When I moved to Altium, I knew that I wanted to "pour copper" to make a power plane, so I just had to google what the Altium equivalent was. The PCB concepts of layers/routing/grounding/clearance/vias/stackups and all that are universal, the terminology and shortcuts are just changed between tools.
  - deleted 5y ago
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  - xondono 5y ago
    If you intend to work in the field, KiCAD has very little penetration as of this moment. It’s better than nothing, but mot companies will prefer people with experience in Altium. If you just want to start doing some projects, KiCAD is mature enough and you’ll find more tutorials and content.

xondono 5y ago

Can vouch for fedevel. It’s my goto recommendation when someone wants to “graduate” from microcontrollers into more complex designs (DDRX memory, PCIe,…)