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thought this was about PCB tracing and was disappointed.

by Eduard 1y ago

dvh 1y ago
If you only want to trace veroboards (stripboards) and not full blown PCBs I made a browser tool for that: https://github.com/dvhx/stripboard2schematic https://github.com/dvhx/stripboard2schematic
- Workaccount2 1y ago
  By total coincidence I have a project at the prototype stage that I will be building (hopefully starting tonight) on a strip board. Thanks!
buescher 1y ago
You and me both. The reverse engineering tools are out there even if most of the search results are AI slop that recommends common layout tools. If I really needed the work done though I'd just pay one of the overseas services and clean up from there.
AdamH12113 1y ago
Yeah, I actually have a decades-old two-layer board that I need to reproduce and I would love to be able to feed images of it into some sort of tool and have it generate a schematic (or at least a netlist) automatically.
- duskwuff 1y ago
  It's not automatic, but one way I've seen people reverse-engineer PCBs (and ICs!) is to import scans of the subject in Kicad, then start tracing out the connections on screen.
1wheel 1y ago
It can be! Here's a circuit showing how the model processes "PCB tracing stands for" to output "printed": https://www.neuronpedia.org/gemma-2-2b/graph?slug=pcb-tracing&pruningThreshold=0.6&densityThreshold=0.99&pinnedIds=E_73739_1%2C21_2696_4%2CE_53959_2%2C22_1472_4%2C22_13612_4%2C18_5719_4%2C27_12624_4%2C8_7061_2%2C24_10183_4%2C9_4477_2%2C4_8773_1%2C4_8773_1&clerps=%5B%5B%224_408773_1%22%2C%22text+about+circuit+boards%22%5D%5D https://www.neuronpedia.org/gemma-2-2b/graph?slug=pcb-tracin...
tacker2000 1y ago
haha same here
forgotpwagain 1y ago
thought this was about tracing neural circuits in the brain and was disappointed.
Henchman21 1y ago
Same here! Then I immediately thought: I wish people would stop misusing words followed by I guess I think I’m in charge of words now. Then, idly: I’m starting to resemble that “Old Man Yells at Cloud” meme Funny things, thoughts.
asadm 1y ago
ugh same here.
mrheosuper 1y ago
Same. Those AI bros keep stealing our terminology.
Archit3ch 1y ago
I was excited for a moment.

thought this was about PCB tracing and was disappointed.

by Eduard 1y ago

thought this was about PCB tracing and was disappointed.

dvh 1y ago

If you only want to trace veroboards (stripboards) and not full blown PCBs I made a browser tool for that: https://github.com/dvhx/stripboard2schematic https://github.com/dvhx/stripboard2schematic

Workaccount2 1y ago
By total coincidence I have a project at the prototype stage that I will be building (hopefully starting tonight) on a strip board. Thanks!

buescher 1y ago

You and me both. The reverse engineering tools are out there even if most of the search results are AI slop that recommends common layout tools. If I really needed the work done though I'd just pay one of the overseas services and clean up from there.

AdamH12113 1y ago

Yeah, I actually have a decades-old two-layer board that I need to reproduce and I would love to be able to feed images of it into some sort of tool and have it generate a schematic (or at least a netlist) automatically.

duskwuff 1y ago
It's not automatic, but one way I've seen people reverse-engineer PCBs (and ICs!) is to import scans of the subject in Kicad, then start tracing out the connections on screen.

1wheel 1y ago

It can be! Here's a circuit showing how the model processes "PCB tracing stands for" to output "printed": https://www.neuronpedia.org/gemma-2-2b/graph?slug=pcb-tracing&pruningThreshold=0.6&densityThreshold=0.99&pinnedIds=E_73739_1%2C21_2696_4%2CE_53959_2%2C22_1472_4%2C22_13612_4%2C18_5719_4%2C27_12624_4%2C8_7061_2%2C24_10183_4%2C9_4477_2%2C4_8773_1%2C4_8773_1&clerps=%5B%5B%224_408773_1%22%2C%22text+about+circuit+boards%22%5D%5D https://www.neuronpedia.org/gemma-2-2b/graph?slug=pcb-tracin...

tacker2000 1y ago

haha same here

forgotpwagain 1y ago

thought this was about tracing neural circuits in the brain and was disappointed.

Henchman21 1y ago

Same here! Then I immediately thought: I wish people would stop misusing words followed by I guess I think I’m in charge of words now. Then, idly: I’m starting to resemble that “Old Man Yells at Cloud” meme Funny things, thoughts.

asadm 1y ago

ugh same here.

mrheosuper 1y ago

Same. Those AI bros keep stealing our terminology.

Archit3ch 1y ago

I was excited for a moment.