WholeBoard

An AI workbench for printed circuit boards. Describe the board you want in plain words. WholeBoard's designer asks what it needs to know, picks real JLCPCB parts and KiCad footprints, writes the schematic and board, has TraceMaker place and route it, checks it with KiCad's design rule check and ngspice, and prices the whole job at JLCPCB. It then designs a 3D-printable enclosure for the board in FreeCAD. Each step shows a visual you can inspect.

Under construction

WholeBoard is in active development. Expect rough edges, breaking changes and boards that need a human check before you order them.

• Tutorials

  Build your first board from a sentence, then a mains-powered one.

• How-to guides

  Install, import a KiCad project, make a panel, order, flash, use the checks from other agents.

• Reference

  The design spec, building blocks, interface profiles, mains figures, checks, settings and the Python API.

• Explanation

  How a build works, how rules reach the router, the heat models and the two AI models.

What it uses

Tool	What for
KiCad 9 or 10	Libraries, schematic and board files, ERC, DRC, zone fill, renders, fab outputs
TraceMaker	Placement and routing
ngspice	Circuit simulation
FreeCAD 1.0+	Enclosures
KiKit (optional)	Panels
PlatformIO (optional)	Compiling the starter firmware
An AI	Claude, OpenAI, Grok, or a local model through any OpenAI-compatible server

Also: Standards and sources lists every engineering figure WholeBoard relies on, and Decisions records why things are the way they are.