09-07, 16:35–17:15 (Europe/Berlin), Main Stage
AI PCB tools keep trying to automate the fun part.
This talk targets the boring half instead: annotating designs with intent, enforcing a library style guide, and generating handoff docs - all in plain KiCad and markdown files.
I'm an electronics design engineer by background. I've worked in Australia (where I grew up), San Francisco and Germany (where I live now).
I've always been frustrated with EDA tooling (🙈 Altium), and I'm excited for the direction KiCad is taking against the proprietary solutions.
Now I'm very curious what EE work will look like in 5 years time, as AI tooling (agents ✨🌈) become more and more a part of life.