wafflesfreak

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   by wafflesfreak 9mo ago

   Thanks for the feedback -- we’re actively looking into this and will keep the HN community updated as we roll out support for more enterprise-focused tools
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   by wafflesfreak 9mo ago

   So glad to hear that! Regarding the datasheet limit: the current Pro plan caps projects at 40 datasheets, but this is not a hard technical limit. For enterprise customers, we can raise this cap. The primary constraint is inference cost — on
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   by wafflesfreak 9mo ago

   This is exactly why the first version of our tool worked with netlists only. We've since evolved to parsing the full KiCad project and generating a netlist from it so we can also extract schematic-specific metadata that doesn't ma
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   by wafflesfreak 9mo ago

   Yes. I’d recommend trying the free plan with your design to see how it performs. You can also steer the review in a specific direction using custom instructions in "Advanced Options" if there are particular parts of the design you
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   Show HN: An LLM-Powered PCB Schematic Checker (Major Update)(traceformer.io)

   55 points by wafflesfreak 9mo ago|22 comments
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   by wafflesfreak 10mo ago

   Hi! Datasheets can definitely be inconsistent, and that’s one of the tougher parts of doing this well. LLMs are very much “garbage in, garbage out,” which is exactly why the tool doesn’t search the web or pull from any sort of automatic dat
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   by wafflesfreak 10mo ago

   Hi! This is a totally fair question, and I appreciate you raising it. Getting reliable performance out of an LLM on something as structured as a schematic is hard, and I don’t want to pretend this is a solved problem or that the tool is inf
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   by wafflesfreak 10mo ago

   Hi! Great question. Right now the tool focuses on issues that show up in the schematic. So it’s very well-equipped to handle a lot of the classic “how did no human ever catch this” mistakes — things like reversed polarity, TX/RX gettin
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   by wafflesfreak 10mo ago

   Hi! If the vacuum tube schematic is designed in KiCad or Altium, then yes! If your design was made in another tool let me know which one and I will do my best to add support for it.
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    by wafflesfreak 10mo ago

    I had a really similar experience, which is a big reason why I built this. Uploading my own schematics to the usual web LLMs gave a mix of useful notes and some pretty big misunderstandings. I really believe this tool is set up to deliver b
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    by wafflesfreak 10mo ago

    Thank you so much! Totally agree. Knowing people in the space to sanity-check designs has saved me countless times. I’m hoping this tool can bring some of that ‘pre-flight checklist’ group wisdom to solo and newer designers as well. Really
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    Show HN: An LLM-Powered Tool to Catch PCB Schematic Mistakes(netlist.io)

    55 points by wafflesfreak 10mo ago|29 comments
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    by wafflesfreak 10mo ago

    Netlist.io is a web app that ingests your KiCad/Altium netlist and relevant datasheets so an LLM can reason about the actual circuit. It’s built to catch schematic mistakes that traditional ERC tools often miss, and it can even help de
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    by wafflesfreak 10mo ago

    Really great intro to this topic -- rc filtering is rarely explained this intuitively.