AI Can Now Design Circuit Boards—For Some Problems, Anyway

Can AI design circuit boards yet?

EEBench, a new benchmark from the atopile team, tests AI models on real circuit-design tasks using declarative code instead of graphical tools. Early results show Claude Opus 5 leading at 61.6%, with Grok 4.6 close behind. The benchmark grades designs through deterministic SPICE simulations, checking performance across component tolerances and cost. While AI still can't build a whole phone, it's making serious progress on specific design challenges.