Repos, MCP servers, CLIs and libraries that connect an AI agent to boards and bench gear.
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4 mo ago
Autonomous open-sourced lampOS, the OS that runs its Lamp and Intern desk robots and also installs on Hugging Face's Reachy Mini. It connects agents such as Claude Code to the robot's cameras, microphones, speakers, motors and lights. Installable physical skills include following an object with the camera. The README's videos and photos are the vendor's own.
24 d ago
TraceMaker routes and places KiCad 9 and 10 boards and judges the result with KiCad's own design-rule check. Two agent skills prepare a board and sign off a route, and an experimental session mode exposes the router over MCP. The README reports 72.5% of PCBench tier B boards routed with no added KiCad errors, against 50% for Freerouting.
5 mo ago
NVIDIA has released an open catalog of agent skills that coding agents such as Claude Code install on a running Jetson. Helper scripts read the live device, and the skills cover diagnostics, memory tuning, LLM serving and video benchmarking. A separate Jetson BSP Skills repo handles host-side flashing. The README shows no device output.
51 d ago
pcb-skill takes Claude Code or Codex desktop from a hardware idea through schematic, sourcing and EasyEDA Pro layout to a staged PCB order. Each phase ends at a gate, and the agent stops at the pre-payment page. The README's case-study board, an ESP32-P4 music player, was staged for order but not fabricated or powered.
5 mo ago
AI Desk Card, a skill for Claude Code and similar agents, sets up an M5Paper V1.1 e-ink panel as a desk display. The agent installs PlatformIO, flashes the font and firmware, starts a local daemon and sets up Wi-Fi. Widgets range from weather to a pull-request queue. The README has a photo of the panel on a desk.
5 mo ago
serial-mcp exposes UART and USB serial ports to coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex through 25 MCP tools, written in Rust. An always-on receive buffer answers reads with pattern matching instead of blocking. A boot-capture tool pulses DTR or RTS for Arduino auto-reset, and port allowlists limit what the agent can open. The README shows no board logs.
3 mo ago
McuBuddy connects AI assistants to MCU debug probes such as ST-Link and J-Link for board-level debugging. Opt-in toolsets add Keil MDK builds, SVD register decoding, RTT and UART logs, FreeRTOS task state and flash writes. Each result says what kind of failure it found and suggests the next safe check. The README lists validation on STM32L496 and STM32F103 boards.
2 mo ago
OpenBaud connects Codex to local serial devices through an MCP server and plugin, with every write audited. It identifies ports from USB metadata, checks framing and checksums, and asks for acknowledgment before dangerous commands. Each byte goes to a capture that replays without hardware. The demo GIF and 46-second video show it on an ESP32-S3.
4 mo ago
vibe-hardware installs skills into Claude Code or Codex that take an idea to ESP32 firmware, a KiCad board, a build123d enclosure and a JLCPCB order. Its example is a desk pager on an M5StickC S3 that buzzes when a Claude Code session needs input. The README says the firmware works; the PCB and shell are still stubs.
5 mo ago
camclave captures single still frames from a webcam for Claude Code or Codex, and only while a red on-screen window shows the camera is on. The agent can read a multimeter, check whether an LED is lit or watch a 3D print's first layer. Stopping the session deletes the captures. The 17-second demo shows the agent reading 4.96 V DC.
5 mo ago
OpenOCD MCU MCP connects a coding agent to a microcontroller through OpenOCD, using an MCP server and a Codex skill. The agent can identify the chip, halt and reset it, read registers and memory, and decode peripheral registers from CMSIS-SVD files. The README includes a smoke test on an STM32F407 over a CMSIS-DAP probe.
17 d ago
HeyPCB's MCP server connects Claude Code, Codex or Cursor to its hosted KiCad board-design service. An agent can ask HeyPCB to build the whole board with build_board, or add parts and connections itself and call check_board until each finding is fixed. A local npm package adds KiCad project upload and Gerber export. The vendor README shows no fabricated board.
35 d ago
debug-devices connects coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex to a repair bench through an MCP server. The agent drives an Android phone camera with zoom and torch, reads a multimeter through a webcam and a vision model, and finds parts, nets and test points in the board's boardview file. The README's clip shows the monitor page only.
25 d ago
AgentFace32 shows what coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex are doing on an ESP32 board with a small screen. Agent hooks send JSON events over the local network, and the device draws a face, a status line, a task timer and alerts. The README's video shows it following a live Codex session on an M5Stack Basic.
38 d ago
EmbeddedCI's BenchPod plugins connect Claude Code and Codex to a BenchPod, the company's hardware-in-the-loop tester wired to the board under test. One MCP server has tools to flash over SWD, power-cycle and capture the boot log, emulate I2C sensors, capture logic and analog signals and talk CAN. The vendor README lists the tools but shows no runs.
46 d ago
SAIHub firmware runs on an ESP32-C5 and serves MCP over Wi-Fi to coding agents such as Cursor and Claude Code. Agents can drive eight GPIO pins, generate PWM up to 50 kHz, capture edges, use a UART, switch 3.3 V and 5 V rails and run Lua scripts on the board. The README shows no photos or test results.
3 mo ago
FTC Toolchain gives coding agents 35 MCP tools for building and deploying FIRST Tech Challenge robot code. It searches FTC SDK samples and Pedro Pathing docs, scaffolds OpModes, builds TeamCode with Gradle, deploys to a REV Control Hub and reads robot logs. It installs with npx; the README calls its npm tests a smoke test that needs no robot.
3 mo ago
scopebench-mcp connects a coding agent to a Rigol oscilloscope over USB or LAN through an MCP server and an agent skill. The agent sets channels, timebase and triggers, captures waveforms and screenshots to files, and gets structured JSON back. The README names the DHO804D as its tested scope; USB control is Windows-only. We have not seen captures.
8 mo ago
edesto init detects the connected board, serial port and toolchain, then writes a SKILLS.md file with compile and flash commands for a coding agent. The edesto serial commands read the board's output and send it commands, and three example projects carry planted bugs for the agent to find. We have not seen it run on a board.
