1 [LIVE] How to Achieve Proper Grounding - Rick Hartley - Expert Live Training (US)
Rick Hartley's talk on grounding and return current paths in PCB design, praised as dense with practical EMC insight that formal courses often miss.
Topic
signal integrity
11 videos. Ranked by independent recommendations, not by views.
2 What your Differential Pairs Wish You Knew with Rick Hartley - AltiumLive Keynote
Rick Hartley's talk on routing differential pairs, recommended for understanding reference planes, return currents and termination at high speeds.
3 Ground in PCB Layout - Separate or Not Separate? (with Rick Hartley)
Widely cited interview with Rick Hartley on PCB grounding, often linked to argue for one solid ground plane rather than split analogue and digital grounds.
4 #143: Transmission Line Terminations for Digital and RF signals - Intro/Tutorial
Alan Wolke demonstrates transmission line terminations and reflections on an oscilloscope, including standing waves on an unterminated line; people credit it with making reflections understandable.
5 How to Decide on Your PCB Layer Ordering, Pouring and Stackup (with Rick Hartley)
Rick Hartley explains how to order, pour and couple PCB layers, with recommended four, six and eight-layer stackups that pair every signal and power layer with ground.
6 "You must Unlearn what You have Learned"
Eric Bogatin's AltiumLive talk challenges inherited PCB rules, cited for why mixed-value decoupling capacitors are outdated with surface-mount parts and why signal-layer ground pour can hurt.
7 Keys to Control Noise, Interference and EMI in PC Boards - Hartley
Rick Hartley's long talk on controlling noise and EMI in circuit boards; cited on electronics.stackexchange.com for edge stitching vias and why rise time, not bit rate, sets bandwidth.
Hidden gem8 What Every PCB Designer Should Know - Return Current Path (with Eric Bogatin)
Eric Bogatin explains with Robert Feranec where return current really flows and why split planes cause trouble; repeatedly recommended for anyone routing signals between layers.
Hidden gem9 #68: Oscilloscope Probe Ground lead length effects on signal quality
A practical demonstration of how the length of a scope probe's ground connection distorts fast edges, cited whenever ringing or probe grounding questions arise.
10 Secrets of PCB Optimization - Rick Hartley - AltiumLive 2020
A long conference talk on PCB layout, grounding and stackup that practitioners cite when discussing ground pours and multilayer board design.
11 Tektronix - Transmission Lines
Tektronix's explanation of transmission lines, recommended for building intuition about travelling voltage waves when a pulse is launched down a line.
