Basics and guidelines for PCB traces (tracks), including geometry/materials, sizing (power and signal), thermals, current-handling, controlled impedance, delay, and more.

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[TIMESTAMPS]
00:00 Introduction

00:43 Altium Designer Free Trial

01:09 Basics
03:51 Geometry
07:07 Geometry/Material Cost
07:49 Resistance, Inductance, Capacitance

11:33 Power Delivery
12:59 IPC-2221 Calculator
14:09 PDN Inductance
15:31 Inductance Calculator
16:43 Power Planes

17:09 Differential Pairs

17:38 Controlled Impedance
18:54 Critical Length Calculator
20:05 Contr. Imp. Configs & Further Resources

21:30 Propagation Delays & Delay Matching

23:01 Practical Guidelines

29:55 Outro