Show HN: CircuitPilot – We built a physics engine to auto-route PCBs using LLMs

Category: devtools

Tags: pcb-design, llm, physics-simulation, kicad, automation

Score: 6.8/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 7, Documentation: 7, Utility: 6)

CircuitPilot is an open-source AI agent that translates natural language circuit descriptions into KiCad PCB layouts. It combines a multi-stage LLM pipeline for component extraction and verification with a custom force-directed physics router to generate manufacturable boards with 45-degree trace routing. This project is interesting because it decouples spatial reasoning from language understanding, enabling rapid prototyping of simple IoT boards.

Target audience: hardware engineers, electronics hobbyists, IoT developers

Repository: https://github.com/Paramveersingh-S/CircuitPilot · Python · MIT · 1 stars

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