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PCB Layout - Useful Calculations Which You Maybe Didn’t Know About

Robert Feranec via YouTube

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This video explains how to use the Saturn PCB Design Toolkit for practical PCB layout calculations, including conductor and via current capacity, impedance, crosstalk, thermal management, transmission lines, and padstack or footprint dimensions.

Syllabus

What is this video about
Conductor properties - maximum current through a track
Fusing current - when a track will burn up
Conductor / Track impedance
Differential pair calculator
Crosstalk calculator
Via Properties - maximum current through a via
Impedance of differential VIAs
Thermal management
PPM XTAL Calculator
OHM's Law calculator
PDN Calculator
Conductor / Track spacing for higher voltages
Mechanical information
Er Effective + Wavelength calculator
XL XC Reactance + Planar inductor + Embedded resistors
Bandwidth and Max conductor length when to consider a track to be transmission line
Padstack / Footprint calculator + Conversion calculator

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Robert Feranec

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