13.06.2026 –, Lecture Room Sprache: English
Did you ever wonder why many PCBs incorporate funny-looking "snakes" and "bumps" in their traces?
Do you want to use USB3, Gbit Ethernet, PCI-Express or DVI/HDMI in your custom PCB designs?
This talk may be for you.
Intermediate understanding of electrical engineering concepts (impedance, wave forms, digital signals) is recommended. I will use KiCAD to demonstrate concepts.
Thanks to the ubiquitous availability of fast electronic components, custom PCB design incorporating high-speed data transmission has become incredibly affordable.
Two particular technologies are very useful for transmitting fast digital signals on a PCB: Differential signalling combined with microstrip traces into differential pairs.
This talk presents practical aspects of designing PCBs with differential pairs, as well as why they are so useful.
Electronics, code and tiny computing systems tinkerer. Occasionally productive. Always keen to understand how things work.
Currently into: Commodore PET and RP2350