Show HN: Traces – local-first ee tooling for part sourcing and schematic review

Category: devtools

Tags: electronics, kicad, part-sourcing, schematic-review, local-llm

Score: 7.5/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Traces provides local-first tooling for electronics engineers, including a sourcing server that finds parts from multiple suppliers using natural language queries and a KiCad extension for schematic review. Its use of local LLMs and agent-driven supplier queries represents an innovative combo of AI and hardware design workflows.

Target audience: hardware engineers, electronics designers, PCB designers

Repository: https://github.com/usetraces/traces · Python · MIT · 1 stars

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