Extreme PCB layout - DDR3 Interface

Combined version of the previous 2 videos. I didn't expect this video to actually work, sorry for the duplication.

Time lapse of a DDR3 Layout, taken at 1fps. Total time to layout ~38 hours. This is a very long video, check the index at the beginning if you don't want to watch the whole thing.

0:05 Component placement finalization
5:45 Bypass capacitor placement
16:40 DRAM via placement
18:10 DDR0 Address/Command/Clock
25:40 DDR0 data
35:10 DDR0 cleanup
37:05 DDR1 Address/Command/Clock
39:40 DDR1 data
47:00 DDR1 cleanup
49:00 Bypass capacitor placement, general routing
1:06:25 Length matching
1:12:30 Address/Command/Clock termination

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• DDR3
• PCB
• board layout
• pcb layout
• altium designer
• signal integrity
• matched length
• high speed camera

[dnbrhythm]

is that.....is that a motherboard

[tesla500]

@dnbrhythm I guess you could call it that, it has a lot of the same things that a PC motherboard has, and is similarly complex to design. It could be used as a single board computer running Linux or Android, but it's really designed just for the high speed camera.

[envisionelec]

38.5 hours and no Access Violation Errors? That's the real miracle.

[tesla500]

@envisionelec I got several access violations, at least one was caught by the screen capture, but it's hard to see it at full playback speed. Luckily I haven't lost any data because of them, the save function still worked after the access violation.

[lazerusmfh]

Love the Vids! Keep it up Tesla500. Informative, and cool to see.

[lazerusmfh]

@dnbrhythm Sweet. I've enjoyed the video layouts that you post. they are informative from a layout standpoint keep it up!

[kdgdirk]

cowabunga dude, this is minecraft meets snakes...lol

[Theonlyengineer]

Fantastic work. Thanks for the insight

[MGARestoration]

Really interesting. I always wondered how boards were lalyed out,. Thanks for the video!

[Aussie50]

wow thats a cool time lapse!, gotta play it on the 50" screen some day :D, looks like real geek art :D