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I see \"One-click gerber, DXF\u002FSTEP, render and BOM export\" and \"Altium support beyond KiCad\" in cloud plans, dunno if they are…",[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":64,"objections":76,"requests":117,"questions":132,"alternatives":151},[65],{"value":66,"source":54,"evidence":67},"Interest in AI-assisted hardware design",[68,72],{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},"49611967","krttherealest","it would propably help thousands of ppl ngl",{"id":73,"by":74,"text":75},"49610691","anirudhojhaanil","With AI enabled consumer hardware usecases going to explode this is something super relevant. 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The real question is whether they beat classical autorouters on anything.",{"value":100,"source":54,"evidence":101},"Existing KiCad-based AI tools already do this",[102,106],{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"49610368","tadasv","I used claude and gemini to edit\u002Fdebug kicad schematics. And it was pretty good. What is the point of this agent?",{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"49620793","edg5000","Just regular coding agents are really good with Skidl schematics and can review layouts well. I'm not sure why you'd want a specialised environment for this.",{"value":111,"source":54,"evidence":112},"Login UI inputs not accepting typed text on desktop Chrome",[113],{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"49610845","jimberlage","This is probably not the primary way people use the tool, but if I log in (desktop, Chrome on macOS), click \"Start a board\" on the sidebar, and go to click any of the inputs, I…",[118,125],{"value":119,"source":54,"evidence":120},"Fully assembled boards ordered from the design output",[121],{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"49610662","tylergetsay","Can I take the output of this and get a fully assembled board mailed to me? Thats my dream...",{"value":126,"source":54,"evidence":127},"Clarity on value versus local tools",[128],{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"49611452","j16sdiz","User just couldn't care less. Do it have extra feature? Speed? 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