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Articles and videos on AI powered PCB design, PCB schematic quality and PCB design for testability (DFT).

Raspberry Pi Compute Module Carrier Board — PCB Design Review

A real Raspberry Pi CM4S carrier board schematic taken through a full PCB design review with the engineer who designed it — and the same review applies to a CM4 carrier or a CM5 carrier: preliminary report and score, then the AI pass against component datasheets and derating rules.

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Cathode on Pin 1, Cap + on Pin 1

IPC-7351B and IPC-7251 put pin 1 on the diode cathode and on the capacitor +. Footprints are built that way, so symbols have to match — and it costs real time in manufacturing, debug and test when they do not.

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AI PCB Design Basics

Automated schematic design review before layout: quality gate, test point insertion, and AI datasheet checks. Subtitles in 17 languages.

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