Ever wondered why 100nF is a go-to value for decoupling capacitors? This number has pervaded in datasheets and electronics advice going back to the 1980s, and is still widely present in the datasheets of modern components. Folks are out there sprinkling 100nF capacitors on their boards like seasoning, and when they decide 100nF isn’t enough, they inevitably recommend the big/little practice, e.g. 1uF + 100nF in parallel.
Unfortunately, 100nF kinda sucks, and this common decoupling practice is incredibly...
Back in August I did a stream on Twitch where I dug through the OCP Grand Teton server chassis design. The Open Compute Project (OCP) is an organisation that works to design and publish open server standards. Their projects cover all sorts of datacenter tech, including entire server platforms. Many of their projects are published with collateral, i.e. the design files for the platform, including entire sets of schematics, PCB designs, documentation, mechanical drawings, etc.
OCP Grand Teton is a...