FPGA PCB Design Review - Phil's Lab #85

Design review of Xilinx Spartan 7 FPGA-based PCB, including triple buck converter, memory, USB-power, and I/O headers. Going through schematic and PCB, giving tips and guidelines throughout. Altium design review competition: [SUPPORT] Free trial of Altium Designer: Patreon: Mixed-signal hardware design course: [GIT] GitHub: [WEBSITE] [TIMESTAMPS] 00:00 Introduction 00:43 Altium Designer Free Trial 01:00 Design Review Competition (Altium) 01:21 Project Overview 02:08 Schematic #1 - Memory 03:57 Schematic #2 - Power Supply 08:17 Schematic #3 - I/O 09:56 Schematic #4 - FPGA Power and Decoupling 11:17 Schematic #5 - FPGA Banks 13:09 Schematic #6 - FPGA Configuration 16:04 PCB #1 - Overview, Layers, Stack-Up 18:48 PCB #2 - Switching Regulator, Design Rules, Via Sizing, Power 25:24 PCB #3 - Board Outline, Mounting Holes 27:17 PCB #4 - FPGA Power and Decoupling 28:16 PCB #5 - Transfer Vias 28:49 PCB #6 - Differential Pairs 30:10 PCB #7 - Clearance, Copper Pours, Power Planes 31:23 PCB #8 - Silkscreen, USB-C 32:45 Outro