1 "You must Unlearn what You have Learned"
Eric Bogatin's talk is widely cited for challenging PCB habits, especially mixed-value decoupling capacitors and ground pour on signal layers, with people jumping to specific timestamps.
Topic
copper pours
6 videos. Ranked by independent recommendations, not by views.
2 A Noise-Free DIY Switching Power Supply - How Hard Can It Be?
A practical element14 comparison showing how much ripple falls when a switching regulator uses planes rather than routed tracks, often sent to people with noisy converters.
3 Secrets of PCB Optimization - Rick Hartley - AltiumLive 2020
Rick Hartley's talk is suggested for deeper PCB layout knowledge, including grounding, layer stackups and how copper fill choices affect interference.
4 How to Layout a Switching Regulator on a PCB (Step by Step)
A full KiCad walkthrough designing a switching regulator, recommended for learning layout with copper polygons rather than thin traces, and suitable for following along.
5 To Pour or Not To Pour | Copper Pour in PCB Design
Zach Peterson's Altium Academy talk is pointed to by board designers weighing whether unused outer-layer areas should be filled with copper.
6 #1421 PCB - Grounds
IMSAI Guy covers PCB grounding, and people offer it as a helpful tutorial on ground fills, copper pours and the thermal relief patterns they create.
