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Great article-thanks for the share!
Please feel free to share your own stories and or lessons. We're far from experts.
Nice write-up. It's always interesting to hear the backstories like this. I've designed an RF module myself and all these design decisions…
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I got a kick out of the "speed trap" when we took the tour of SparkFun a year or so ago. Lots of great people, and LOTS of neat stuff to see…
Kirk Benell (spelling)?
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Hey great write up! Curious if you guys did a title page with notes listing planarized vias impedance etc to your supplier since these…