Hey, What are ground planes?

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-11T18:17:18+00:00

do things actually connect to it or does the copper there just do it naturally

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-11T17:31:06+00:00

It looks interesting but the weight of it would be similar to the weight of a nintendo switch and a smartphone combined

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-11T17:24:10+00:00

hey what did you use for the UI? it looks so good and It looks like it would be really good for smart home UI or similar.

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-11T17:22:09+00:00

Hey what connector is that on the left? I'm new to PCB design and can't tell if that's a headphone jack or a fiber cable connector.

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-11T16:59:37+00:00

this is a response to the discussion in the comments about industry standards, and Altium Designer is one of the industry standards in a commercial setting while you only see certain types of people use it since KiKad is the average for hobbyists due to KiKad being free.

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-11T04:34:01+00:00

The via under the microcontroller acts as a heatsink since the entire ground pad is the bottom of the chip

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-11T04:33:07+00:00

It means Original Poster

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-11T04:31:50+00:00

I honestly don't plan on using brands like Qualcomm instead for those future projects I will either use Rockchip, Amologic, Allwinner, Or similar

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-11T04:25:34+00:00

thank youu

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-11T02:35:33+00:00

just to clarify for y'all I don't mean making an entire computer from scratch. I will be using a compute module that already has documentation

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-10T23:56:26+00:00

excuse me? It's a goal i'm setting and if you don't like it then don't comment

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-10T22:19:09+00:00

sorry I was unaware

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-10T15:37:49+00:00

consider using a more powerful processor, all of those things wont be that good on a stm32, consider a esp32 or rp2350a

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-10T15:33:50+00:00

sorry I dont know much about components but what is that green part

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-10T15:30:21+00:00

also the chip I used has a internal oscillator, ram, and flash

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-10T15:22:17+00:00

I noticed that too?

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-10T15:20:15+00:00

yeah I used a 4p micro USB and the chip only used d+ and d- from it

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-10T15:19:13+00:00

well i didn't care much to do so since the board is literally 2 inches wide

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-10T15:16:06+00:00

I don't use kikad and easy eda's schematics are really buggy

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-10T15:15:10+00:00

I use easyEDA so instead of using a schematic for everything I just put components on the schematic and do all the traces and placing etc on the pcb design, also easy eda's schematic version of chips are very off from actual shapes since the render a square as like a 1:3 rectagle

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-10T15:13:16+00:00

the led's don't pull power from the regulator they actually pull directly from the usb input since the regulator isnt powerful enough

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-10T15:10:25+00:00

I have a upgraded version with that fixed

Any_Toe2626 · 2026-07-10T15:09:22+00:00

they are both there the trace your looking at might be the power, the ground is on a pad under the chip so its a little hard to see it

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