What are PCBs? || How do PCBs Work?

What is inside of PCBs? Smartphones have dozens of components, and they are all connected thru a vast labyrinth of wires inside the PCB! So how exactly do PCBs work? PCBs may be incredibly complex, however, they are rather easy to design and order. For a quick turnaround and inexpensive option for buying any variety of PCB, consider PCBWay: https://www.pcbway.com/ Do you want to support in-depth engineering and technology education? Support us on: https://www.patreon.com/brancheducation Website: https://www.branch.education On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BranchEducation/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeddyTablante On Insta: https://www.instagram.com/brancheducation/ Or Join us on YouTube Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdp4_l1vPmpN-gDbUwhaRUQ/join Twitter: @teddytablante Made by Teddy Tablante Table of Contents: 0:00 Intro: Enter the PCB 01:11 Section 1: What is a motherboard? 01:45 Section 2: X-Ray Image of PCB & Wires from the SoC 03:38 Section 3: What are the layers of a PCB? 05:00 Section 4: Pursue STEM Careers! 06:29 Section 5: Vias and holes in the PCB 07:55 Section 6: Different designs of PCBs, Sizes, Weights, and Thru hole 09:22 Outro: Summary and Branches Background Understanding: Wires, Power, Ground Key Branches from this video are: PCB Design, PCB Manufacturing, Solid State Drive, Supporting Chips, System on a Chip, Wifi Chip Erratum: Via is a backronym or apronym. 99% (except the Wikipedia article about them) of people don't use the phrase Vertical Interconnect Access, it's just called a via. 10:06 Manufacturing misspelled as Manufacutring #PCB #Smartphone #Howitworks Animation built using Blender 2.79b https://www.blender.org/ Post with Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects Sound editing with Reaper Work Cited: "PCB Layout Recommendations for BGA Packages." Lattice Semiconductor. March 2017 "Printed Circuit Boards, Technical Engineering Guide." EPEC. "Rigid PCB Design For Assembly Guide." Bittele Electronics Inc. September 13th, 2018 "Rigit PCB Design For Manufacturability Guide." Bittele Electronics Inc. October 04, 2017 "Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992. Notebook Check. Schweitzer, Albert. "PCB Layer Stack-up" Fineline Technical Workshop. September 2015 Wikipedia contributors. "Computer" , "Electronics" , "Flea","Printed circuit Board", "Surface Mount Technology", "System on a Chip", "Through-Hole Technology"  Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, November 26th, 2019. Yap, Charley. "How to Successfully Design a BGA." Altium, October 26th, 2016 Image Attribution: An entry-level IBM System/360 system, on display at the Computer History Museum. Dave Ross Flickr, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IBM_System360_Model_30.jpg Ifixit Smartphone Teardowns for: https://www.ifixit.com/ Google Pixel 4XL: Jeff Suovanen Samsung Galaxy Note 9: Arthur Shi Iphone 8: Andrew Optimus Goldheart Huawei P30 Pro Teardown: Dominik Schnabelrauch OnePlus6: Jeff Suovanen LGV20: Dominik Schnabelrauch LGV10: Me! Teddy Tablante Nintendo Switch: Jeff Suovanen Samsung Galaxy S8: Sam Goldheart Iphone X PCB: Andrew Optimus Goldheart Iphone X X-Ray: Sam Goldheart Music Attribution in Order: Morning Dew from YouTube Audio Library Above Planets by Patrick Patrikios from YouTube Audio Library Stars and Constellations by Sarah the Instrumentalist from YouTube Audio Library Gently Onwards from YouTube Audio Library Sunburst, Tobu & Itro is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License http://www.7obu.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lXBHD5C8do