Optional but useful things to include in prototype PCBs for testing and debugging // KiCad
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There are some useful optional things we can include in our PCBs to make debugging and testing easier. In this videos, I share about 6 optional things that I wish I had included so that I did not waste time searching or testing various configurations. I share how we can incorporate these items with KiCad in any PCBs.
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⏰ TIMESTAMPS AND RESOURCES
0:00 Intro
1:01 Modularity with logical blocks
2:00 Options with DNP, solder jumpers, 0Ω resistors
5:24 Debugging with test points, multimeter, and pogo pins
6:45 Helpers with silkscreen notes, power, polarity, project, writable area
8:25 Mounting holes with standards and sizes
9:58 LEDs for power, indication, TX/RX, power consumption
11:24 My Twitter question & Thanks to open source projects
🛍️ PRODUCTS MENTIONED
Single row pin headers https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_AZtMoD
Pin header jumper blocks https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_A5tVit
Spring test probe pogo pins https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_ATbaTB
M2 M3 M4 M5 Hex Socket Screw set https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_ArQ3s5
🎩 DEMO FILES
Oak PCB https://hutscape.com/oak/hardware
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🔗 LINKS SHOWN
Thumbnail photo by Photo Brian Wangenheim on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/k_YLyRBmgo4
Anna's story, GitHub on YouTube • Anna's Story
Young engineers by Alena Darmel on Pexels https://www.pexels.com/video/young-en...
Adafruit Si7021 Breakout Board https://www.adafruit.com/product/3251
Schematic https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/assets...
Adafruit VEML7700 Lux Sensor https://www.adafruit.com/product/4162
Schematic https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/assets...
How to Use Do-not-populate (DNP) Components in Your PCB Design https://maker.pro/pcb/tutorial/how-to...
Arduino Nano 33 BLE https://store.arduino.cc/usa/nano-33-ble
Teensy 4.0 board https://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy40.html
Solder Bridge Jumper Best Practices in PCB Design https://resources.altium.com/p/solder...
YwRobot Breadboard Power Supply https://static.rapidonline.com/pdf/73...
5 uses of 0Ω resistor you should know https://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2020...
Raspberry PI Pico board datasheet https://datasheets.raspberrypi.org/pi...
What are these round pads on the bottom of a PCB? https://electronics.stackexchange.com...
iCEBreaker FPGA https://1bitsquared.com/products/iceb...
From Idea To Production: Using KiCad For OSHW Design And Mfg by Piotr Esden-Tempski (KiCon 2019) • "From Idea To Production: Using KiCad...
esden/pretty-kicad-libs GitHub https://github.com/esden/pretty-kicad...
Writable area on a PCB https://electronics.stackexchange.com...
Particle.io Boron datasheet https://docs.particle.io/datasheets/b...
Adafruit Feather specification https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-f...
RobotDyn M0 mini https://robotdyn.com/samd21-m0-mini.html
Schematic https://robotdyn.com/pub/media/0G-000...
Twitter question / 1401471208403603463
🔌 HARDWARE LAB EQUIPMENT
EEVBlog Digital Multimeter 121GW https://www.eevblog.com/product/121gw/
Logic Pro 8 (Black) - Saleae 8-Channel Logic Analyzer https://amzn.to/3d2JgF5
ATTEN-862D Hot Air Gun workstation https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_Am4hDi
💻 SOFTWARE USED
dotfiles for terminal configuration https://github.com/sayanee/dotfiles
KiCad for designing the schematic and PCB https://kicad.org/
CoolTerm for accessing the serial monitor https://freeware.the-meiers.org/
PartsBox for stock, inventory and BOM management https://partsbox.com/
GoodNotes for highlighting notes and datasheets https://www.goodnotes.com/
🎶 MUSIC
Spring Field by Godmode from YouTube Audio library
📹 VIDEO PRODUCTION GEAR
iPhone 11 for recording video
Microphone Audio Technica ATR2100-USB https://amzn.to/31WPW1h
IKEA TERTIAL Work lamp stand hacked as a microphone stand https://www.ikea.com/sg/en/p/tertial-...
Tripod SLIK SDV-10
iPhone holder Xiletu XJ-8
🎬 VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE TOOLS
DaVinci Resolve 17.1 for video editing
QuickTime for screencast
Canva https://www.canva.com/
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