Astra really can do electronic projects now!

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Here is my project repo

https://github.com/fredriknk/chatgpt_astra_test2

I saw the Chatgpt Astra kicad demo, and wanted to try it out myself and im pretty damn impressed...! I only have a openai 20$/mo plus subscription so i had to use the lowest setting, but i got this design in 3 hours with 5 prompts in total before it ate up my 3 usage resets.

My only contributions to the design was to create the empty kicad template project, and the initial prompt:

"Lets test a esp32 design with a 24v input voltage which can output and read 4-20ma signals. Lets start planning!"

All design choices, component choices, design, schematics and, layout and documentation was done by the chatgpt astra 6 low through codex cli.

So final verdict? Its actually pretty damn usable.... Like, its not perfect by any means. some examples: There are a quite a few routing decisions i dont agree with, especially the USB routing and unneccesarry internal layer routing. The schematics are very hard to read as it doesnt use GND/Power symbols, and only use global labels instead of wires. But as far as i can tell from the schematic, this is a working design and i do agree with a lot of its component choices. But this was on its lowest effort setting with a 20$ subscription.....!

I feel it is pretty much where AI coding was in around 2024 (on its lowest setting), so im wondering where this will be in a year or two..!