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My First 8-Layer PCB

I recently completed my first 8-layer PCB design, for Michael Ossmann’s Daisho project. Among the challenges: a 780-pin Altera Cyclone IV FPGA, a USB 3.0 chip with 0.8mm ball spacing, very high-speed parallel and serial buses, tight power constraints, and … Continue reading

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Robotron: CoR Style

This gentleman is clearly a devotee of the Church of Robotron.

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Debugging Lattice FPGAs for the Impatient

Programming a Lattice XP2 FPGA using my Mac (or using Linux) is easy once you know the tricks. Continue reading

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Don’t Trust Solder Flux

Clean the solder flux from your circuit board prototypes, or suffer the bitter consequences! Continue reading

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