1. PCB review subreddit gets posts from people who use Claude to design the whole thing with 3D renders. Looks amazing. But uses auto router and 20 connections are left open. Claude said they needed to be fixed manually but the user didn't even read, just posted the whole GitHub and expected volunteers to fix it
2. Another project used Claude to design the PCB. After assembly the usb c port melted. I can see (via GitHub) photos being posted to Claude, Claude commenting that they're not sure if it's a current issue or a soldering problem (short), so " just leave the usb c port out for now". Zero evidence of the user using their brain or pulling out a multimeter.
PCB design is not that hard. People trying to offload this to AI are also unwilling or unable to put in the work to actually diagnose issues and finish the project. Unlike code, you cannot chuck hundreds of dollars at Claude until it "solves" PCB because it has no way to test its changes.
1. PCB review subreddit gets posts from people who use Claude to design the whole thing with 3D renders. Looks amazing. But uses auto router and 20 connections are left open. Claude said they needed to be fixed manually but the user didn't even read, just posted the whole GitHub and expected volunteers to fix it
2. Another project used Claude to design the PCB. After assembly the usb c port melted. I can see (via GitHub) photos being posted to Claude, Claude commenting that they're not sure if it's a current issue or a soldering problem (short), so " just leave the usb c port out for now". Zero evidence of the user using their brain or pulling out a multimeter.
PCB design is not that hard. People trying to offload this to AI are also unwilling or unable to put in the work to actually diagnose issues and finish the project. Unlike code, you cannot chuck hundreds of dollars at Claude until it "solves" PCB because it has no way to test its changes.