Re:Show HN: An LLM-Powered Tool to Catch PCB Schematic Mistakes
by wafflesfreak on Friday November 28, 2025 @02:11PM
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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 getting swapped, missing pull-ups, etc.
But it sounds like in this case the root cause was more of a footprint/layout issue rather than a schematic one. I’m hoping to add footprint-level checks later on, once I can ingest full board files and mechanical data.
But it sounds like in this case the root cause was more of a footprint/layout issue rather than a schematic one. I’m hoping to add footprint-level checks later on, once I can ingest full board files and mechanical data.