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I agree with you, high frequency is a totally different domain. But for the majority of projects, you don't need to buy special equipment. It's very accessible

by rjh29 27d ago

I agree with you, high frequency is a totally different domain. But for the majority of projects, you don't need to buy special equipment. It's very accessible and PCBs are super cheap to print nowadays. I am definitely bitter (and biased) because I frequent a PCB review subreddit and increasingly people show up with zero knowledge expecting people to review their AI-generated projects for free.

tomhow 27d ago
Fair enough, thanks for the reply and for understanding. I can understand that must be frustrating. I actually think another benefit of AI is that it can make it more realistic for people to self-educate and get further towards getting devices working without needing free help from forums. How they get help when they get stuck, without pestering forums like yours for free help is an interesting challenge. I still think the biggest upside of AI in electronics is for people who are experienced and competent, being able to get the laborious design/layout work done more quickly, get errors found sooner, get their designs right in fewer iterations, and get feature-rich firmware written and debugged faster. If true, that alone can mean more high quality electronics products hitting the market. That’s the point I was making. Nothing to do with newbies freeloading off experienced engineers on forums. Thanks for the discussion.