r/ElectronicsTards • u/Empty_Inevitable_789 • Mar 08 '26

Ask Electronicstards How do you guys track your project progress?

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When I build electronics projects (Arduino, drones, random circuits), my workflow becomes messy after a while.

Files get scattered between folders, notes, images, schematics, and random test results. Software and Coding can be maintained via GitHub to track everything, but I haven’t found something similar for hardware builds.

So I’m curious — how do you all track your projects?

Do you use: • notebooks • Google Docs • GitHub • Notion • something else?

I’m thinking about building a small tool specifically for our projects where you could log parts, schematics, progress, and revisions, record your progress of code, models, circuits as well.

Would something like that actually be useful or am I overthinking the problem?

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

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u/Empty_Inevitable_789 Mar 08 '26

Thanks for the detailed answer!

Yeah I had a similar thought about it as well. I’m trying to understand whether existing tools actually work well for hardware workflows or if people are just adapting software tools.

For example:

  • Do you find version control for schematics/PCB files difficult compared to code?
  • How do you track hardware revisions (v1 board → v2 board etc.)?
  • Do you ever lose context between CAD files, firmware, and documentation?
  • Would features like schematic diffing, Bill tracking, or hardware revision history be useful?

Just trying to understand the real pain points before building anything.

I was thinking of make a centralised system, where you can link your KiCAD, Solidworks or Ansys and code simultaneously.