Resources / Helpful Links

General

• Waterloo Rocketry Team Google Drive

• Waterloo Rocketry Github

• Electrical Clickup (task management)

• The Team's Git Tutorial

• Pro Git Book (Useful chapters 1-3, 5)

Schematics and PCB Design

• Our KiCad Tutorial

• KiCad Download

• JLCPCB Design Rules

• PCB Trace Width Calculator

• Grounded CPW Characteristic Impedance Calculator

• How to Read a Schematic

• Getting Started in KiCad

• Beginner's Guide to KiCad

• Rules and Guidelines for Drawing Good Schematics

• An Intro to KiCad

• Getting to Blinky 5.0

• Creating a PCB in Everything: KiCad

RF PCB Design

• RF Via Fences/Sitching Spacing

• Via Spacing on High-Performance PCBs

• Antenna Design and RF Layout Guidelines

• Controlling EM Emissions from PCB Edges in Backplanes

Hardware Programming

• MPLAB X IDE Download

• Arduino IDE 2.0 Download

Purchasing

• DigiKey Electronics Components Store

• JLCPCB PCB Manufacturer

Hardware

• The Art of Electronics, Third Edition - by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill

• Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition - by Paul Scherz and Simon Monk

• Beginning Embedded Electronics

• SparkFun Troubleshooting Tips

• How to Read a Datasheet

• PCB Checklst