PCB is brought to you by Fable 5
A user experiments with an AI tool called Fable 5 to autonomously design a custom PCB for a Raspberry Pi-based device. Despite some initial design errors, the experiment highlights the evolving capabilities of AI in hardware engineering.
Why it matters
AI-driven hardware design could significantly lower the barrier to entry for custom electronics prototyping and manufacturing.
An experiment to design a cute PCB (without touching any tools) in plain English
I have been wanting to design a simple PCB for the last couple of years now. The thought of converting a design idea into a physical board and programming it to do things is fascinating to me. Long story short, I procrastinated until I tried to vibe-generate a dead simple PCB with Claude Opus 4.8 and it was terrible ! It had no idea about the orientation of the components, it did not do any proper routing. I was disappointed and accepted the fact that these tools were not there yet.
Then arrived the Fable 5. At first I was not that hopeful. One Thursday evening, around 10 hours before my weekly reset for Claude, I decided to give it another try; this time with Fable 5.
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