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What the bench does, what it exports, and who owns what.
Can AI really design a PCB end to end?
Yes: schematic, placement, routing, verification and manufacturing files, from a plain-English brief and your approvals. Deterministic engines do the layout and routing; the agent directs them and fixes what the checks find. Every result is measured: DRC, net counts, part coverage.
How is fluxboards different from other AI PCB design tools?
It does the whole job, start to finish, in one conversation: settling the spec, choosing real parts, the schematic, placement, routing, the checks and the files you order from. There is no cockpit of panels, layers and settings to learn first. You describe the board, approve the plan, and order; the bench runs the engines and shows you what it measured.
How does this fit my KiCad workflow?
One click exports a complete KiCad project (.kicad_sch, .kicad_pcb, .kicad_pro) with each part's 3D model. It opens directly in KiCad, with hierarchical sheets when the board uses them. Design here and finish there, or never leave.
Is the BOM really orderable at JLCPCB?
Yes. Parts resolve to real LCSC part numbers with live stock, each footprint is checked against JLCPCB's own, and pick-and-place rotations are corrected to match. A part that can't be sourced is flagged, never invented.
Do I need to learn prompting?
No. Describe the board, approve or revise the plan, and answer the occasional question with numbers. The bench checks every step against the engines, so a short brief still ends in a clean board.
Who owns my designs? Are my keys safe?
You own everything you design. Model keys are encrypted on our servers under your account, used only to call the provider you chose, and never shown back. Boards and chats of signed-in users are never used for training (guest chats run on a model whose provider may learn from them).