LLMs and KiCad

[jcpst]

Looks like some pretty big leaps in automated PCB design. Makes me wonder if it will generate a whole new crop of YATS peddlers peddling their pedals, similar to the pandemic boom.

Can AI design circuit boards yet?

A look at what current models can build, where they fail, and how EEBench tests the electronics in simulation.

eebench.org

 

[Big Monk]

Looks like some pretty big leaps in automated PCB design. Makes me wonder if it will generate a whole new crop of YATS peddlers peddling their pedals, similar to the pandemic boom.

Can AI design circuit boards yet?

A look at what current models can build, where they fail, and how EEBench tests the electronics in simulation.

eebench.org

Real ones know this is bullshit.

PCB design is one of the most fun aspects of designing and building pedals.

At this point, it’s almost a form of therapy.

 

[jessenator]

PCB design is one of the most fun aspects of designing and building pedals.

Agree. It's a puzzle/challenge that I can actually get behind.

 

[jcpst]

That right there touches the fundamental rub. If you know what you’re doing, then you can use it to develop quicker. If you know what you’re doing, it’s because you put in the work and like doing it. If you don’t know what you’re doing, you can probably get something to work. But then the slop proliferates into yet another domain…