Ask a Developer: Getting Started with Reference Designs

Reference designs. They can literally get the job done for you. After all, why reinvent a wheel someone else has already developed and validated? @.PetrDvorak is a big advocate of following reference designs as closely as you possibly can, even in commercial products. Why trade a sure thing for the unknown when dealing with components as complex as a modern Ethernet controller, for example? But Petr knows where to find reference designs that align closely with his projects. Do you? In this Ask a Developer demo video, @Petr Dvořák explains why and where you can find reference designs to match any system build, and the steps you should take in there isn't one available to meet your needs. Resources: * https://www.ultralibrarian.com/ * https://www.ti.com/reference-designs/...