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A robot power board designed 100% by Claude, fresh from JLCPCB

Nigel Hungerford-Symes, who leads the PCB design software TraceMaker, had Claude Opus 5.5 design the whole board. It carries INA226 i2c power monitoring, 10 A fuses and hot-swappable batteries so a robot never has to reboot, and the first boards have just landed.

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Claude Opus 5.5, JLCPCB
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Lead on PCB design software TraceMaker
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Nigel Hungerford-Symes@VectorCrossProd

First PCB designed 100% by Claude Opus 5.5 just landed from JLCPCB. I think it looks great!

INA226 accurate i2c power monitoring, 10 A fuses and hot-swappable batteries. Never have to reboot your robot. What's the first thing you would check ?

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