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The article discusses the official demo of PCB layout using KiCad in the GPT-6 Astra promo video from OpenAI, comparing it with personal experience using Codex.

In the Astra promo video, they officially demoed PCB layout in KiCad. A while back, I already went through the whole process with Codex + KiCad: requirements, schematic, layout, PCBA, all the way to powering up the actual board with current limiting. The board was super simple, but it still messed up the button footprint and flew a trace. The demo will get it done. But on a real board, it's still all about constraints and stepping into pitfalls. Planning to wait until Astra opens up, then use the same set of requirements to make another board, directly comparing routing, packaging, and whether it passes on the first try. Will keep writing up the process publicly. https://x.com/Peter05704721/status/2095462271111827730…
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In the Astra promo video, they officially demoed PCB layout in KiCad.

A while back, I already went through the whole process with Codex + KiCad: requirements, schematic, layout, PCBA, all the way to powering up the actual board with current limiting. The board was super simple, but it still messed up the button footprint and flew a trace.

The demo will get it done. But on a real board, it’s still all about constraints and stepping into pitfalls.

Planning to wait until Astra opens up, then use the same set of requirements to make another board, directly comparing routing, packaging, and whether it passes on the first try. Will keep writing up the process publicly.

https://x.com/Peter05704721/status/2095462271111827730…

OpenAI (@OpenAI): This is GPT-6 Astra.

Anything you can do on a computer, Astra can do for you. Fast.

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