BreadboardCI: Automated Breadboard Wiring Review
A virtual reviewer that catches breadboard wiring mistakes for hardware hobbyists
- Problem
- Many people repeatedly miswire their Ben Eater 8-bit computer builds, making debugging extremely costly; existing tools either only simulate or only handle schematics, lacking automated review of actual breadboard wiring and routing suggestions.
- Solution
- Users upload breadboard photos or wiring descriptions; the tool identifies components and connections, automatically flags shorts, loose connections, and polarity errors, and suggests optimized routing paths; it also compares against a standard schematic and highlights differences.
- Users
- Hardware hobbyists, electrical engineering students, maker educators
- MVP
- Support breadboard photo upload and recognize common components and wiring; build a rule library for common errors (shorts, reverse polarity, missing connections); output a readable wiring score with error locations; provide simple routing suggestions; support exporting review reports.
- Revenue
- Free basic review + premium rule packs/team collaboration subscription; sell bulk licenses to educational institutions.
- Why now
- AI vision recognition costs are dropping, and maker education is heating up; indie developers can quickly build a rule engine without needing a hardware supply chain.