Repos, MCP servers, CLIs and libraries that connect an AI agent to boards and bench gear.
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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.
5 mo ago
sdr-mcp connects Claude Desktop or Cursor to an RTL-SDR dongle through a FastMCP server. Tools set frequency and gain, capture IQ samples, compute spectra with peak detection and keep a waterfall; FM audio plays through a GNU Radio demodulator in Docker. A React dashboard has the same controls. The README shows no captures from a dongle.
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.
6 mo ago
FreeOCD flashes, verifies, recovers and soft-resets microcontrollers from VS Code through a CMSIS-DAP probe, and opens a two-way SEGGER RTT terminal. The extension registers the same actions as MCP tools for Copilot and other MCP clients. The README lists the Nordic nRF54L15 as the only built-in target; other chips need a target definition file.
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
teensy-loader-mcp wraps PJRC's teensy_loader_cli in a Python MCP server for coding agents. Its tools check that the CLI is installed, list boards from the Teensy 2.0 to the 4.1 and MicroMod, flash an Intel HEX file and reboot a board. The README covers setup for Claude Desktop, Cursor and Grok, and recovery after a wrong-chip flash.
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.
6 mo ago
Espressif added a stdio MCP server to idf.py in ESP-IDF v6.0 for agents in Cursor, Claude Code and VS Code. Its tools set the chip target, build, flash and clean a project, and read-only resources report build status and connected serial ports. The post, by Marek Fiala, has screenshots of a target change and a build but no flash run.
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.
