Design Review (Spartan 7 FPGA) - Schematic & PCB - Phil's Lab #63

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Published 2022-06-22
First design review of series. Examining schematic and PCB design of a Spartan 7-based board made using KiCad. Common errors, best practices, routing techniques, and so on discussed in brief. Thanks to Andrey for sending this one in! Send your designs for review here: phils-lab.net/contact

Andrey's EEVblog post and Git repo:
www.eevblog.com/forum/fpga/custom-spartan-7-board-…
github.com/asmi84/kicad-projects/tree/master/S7_Mi…

Mixed-signal hardware design course: phils-lab-shop.fedevel.education/

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[LINKS]
GitHub: github.com/pms67

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All Comments (21)
  • @msmith2961
    Hand soldering 0201 is insane! I got down to 0603, but have to buy 4x the required components - one sneeze and half of them disappear into a black hole.
  • @ricardoquesada
    I like the idea this new format of "design reviews". Please, keep doing them!
  • Good content you got there, never thought of why it's 3V3, not 3.3 ✨
  • @Program2live
    Really enjoyed that one, tons of useful information!
  • @thomassui4879
    super help for me to improve my PCB design based on KiCAD. I would make lots of those mistakes as the board designer made, and I would not know it is a mistake until I see this video. Hopeful see more video like this. Thank you.
  • @iancooper418
    I am dreading you reviewing mine now, its going to get ripped to shreds lol.
  • @the_lightyear
    Amazing content, Thanks for the video! I always like to watch your videos and compare with my design to check what can be improved
  • @tivorum
    Thanx a lot! Great review!!!
  • @JeromeDemers
    Nice video. Most companies have design guide that show the do and don’t. Same as writing code.