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The AI designed a VGA circuit, the board was made for $6, and it works

A maker had the AI design a circuit that shows a picture stored in a memory chip on a standard VGA screen, using common logic chips, and write the chip code for it. He routed the board himself, had it made for $6, fixed the one missed error with a wire, and the board works.

$6one time

How it works

  1. The AI designs the circuit around common 74 series logic chips and programmable logic
  2. The AI writes the chip code
  3. He routes the board and has it made through JLC for $6
  4. The board comes back with one missed error
  5. He fixes that error with a wire and the board works

Why it’s worth knowing

A circuit designed by an agent was made for $6 and worked, with one wire fixing the only error.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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