Dab secondary

AIPE — PCB Agent

AIPE-PCB-Agent is the PCB design automation of the AIPE power-electronics ecosystem. Python generators turn a requirement file set (specification, insulation table, components, interfaces, floorplan and routing inputs) into native KiCad 10 projects — hierarchical schematics, placed and grid-routed boards, net classes and design rules — and run the real kicad-cli ERC, DRC and exports with SHA-256 manifests. It sits downstream of AIPE-Electrical-Design in the AIPE-Workflows pipeline. Its output is an AI-generated engineering prototype for human review: nothing has been fabricated, energised or measured.

Features

• Requirement-driven generators (automation/dab_v1, automation/sic_v3, automation/kicad_tools): schematics with project libraries, insulation-aware placement, a deterministic grid router with fine-pitch row escapes, pour nets, rip-up, time budget and checkpoints.
• Net classes and .kicad_dru rules derived from an IEC 60664-1 reference table; values are documented review inputs and are never relaxed by the code.
• Native verification: kicad-cli sch erc, pcb drc --schematic-parity --severity-all --refill-zones, exports (Gerber, drill, BOM, placement, STEP, PDF, netlist) with hashed manifests; netlist-equality, routing-quality, layout-metric and copper-island checkers.
• Engineering knowledge base (skills, rules, component records) with traceable manufacturer sources.
• Worked examples: SiC buck V1–V3 and the 10 kW dual-active-bridge three-board set DAB-V1.

Installation

python -m pip install -e ".[test]"          # Python 3.10+; numpy, PyYAML, Shapely, pytest
python -m automation.setup.detect_kicad    # locates an installed KiCad 10 (kicad-cli and its Python); installs nothing

Usage

python -m pytest -q
python -m automation.knowledge.query "recommended layout practices for an isolated SiC gate driver"
python -m automation.dab_v1.pipeline --board primary-power --stages floorplan,copper,route,verify --time-budget 2700

The tests run without KiCad (KiCad-dependent tests skip and say so); the pipeline's board stages need KiCad 10. --time-budget time-boxes the router: unrouted nets are reported, the board is still saved and verified.

Project Information

• Version: 0.1.0 (pyproject.toml; first declared version, aligned with aipe.yaml schema 0.1.0)
• Status: Prototype. SiC buck V3: two routed boards at zero native ERC/DRC findings. DAB-V1 (re-run of 2026-10-21): ERC 0 on all three boards, DRC 0 violations other than unconnected items (18 / 18 / 28 dangling-track warnings), 26 / 23 / 24 connections still open on primary / secondary / control (from 82 / 81 / 499) - routing candidates, not finished boards. No board has been fabricated.
• Developer: Fulong Li
• Organisation: Spirit Connect / AIPE Labs
• License: code — MIT is declared in aipe.yaml, but the repository contains no LICENSE file yet (the licence text has to be added by the maintainer); KiCad library data under examples/*/libraries — CC-BY-SA-4.0 with the KiCad library exception (examples/dab-10kw/control/libraries/LICENSE.md).

Documentation

• Automation architecture, workflow and acceptance gates, PCB design rules, knowledge system
• DAB-V1: example README, architecture review, review report, routing remediation
• SiC buck examples and milestone history (former README): docs/history.md, V3 package
• Host environment, installation plan, CI workflow