Engineering tools for hardware teams

Open source parametric 3D CAD in Rust that runs on desktop and web and lets AI agents drive it through MCP.

Browser based 3D CAD for AI assisted parametric and direct modeling, running on OpenCascade in the browser with STEP and STL export.

Native KiCad 10 plugin exposing schematic, layout, routing, and manufacturing tools to AI agents over MCP through KiCad's official IPC API.

Free, open source parametric 3D modeler for designing real life objects, with sketching, drawings, FEA, CAM, and many other workbenches.

Rust CAD program for 2D and 3D drawing with DWG and DXF support that exposes its live editor to AI clients over MCP.

MCP bridge that connects LLMs and AI agents directly to Siemens SIMATIC TIA Portal for PLC reads and writes.

Agent skills framework that gives AI coding agents parametric CAD superpowers through the build123d Python library.

Suite of zero-dependency AI agent skills for KiCad that analyze schematics, PCBs and Gerbers, covering design review, EMC pre-compliance, BOM and fab prep.

Automation harness for EasyEDA Pro that gives an AI typed schematic and PCB actions in three forms, a CLI, an agent skill and a stdio MCP adapter with 12 tools, with mutations passing through workflow gates and an audit log

Official development framework from Espressif for building firmware for ESP32 and other Espressif chips, with drivers, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth stacks, and build tools.

Cross platform embedded development platform with an IDE for VS Code and a core CLI, supporting many boards and frameworks with debugging, unit testing, and static analysis.

Parametric associative 3D CAD on a real B-rep kernel (OpenCASCADE), with assembly and rigid-joint support.

Framework for Verilog RTL synthesis that turns hardware designs into gate level netlists for ASIC cell libraries and FPGAs, and serves as a formal verification front end.

A FreeCAD MCP bridge that lets AI assistants like Claude Desktop create and edit objects, run FEM analysis, and take screenshots inside FreeCAD.

Open CASCADE Technology: the open-source 3D CAD/CAM/CAE geometry kernel behind much of the MCAD world, with B-rep modeling, STEP/IGES data exchange and visualization.

Agentic hardware development environment with deterministic KiCad and STEP viewers that coding agents use to inspect designs, written in Bend.

Cloud platform that generates complete PCB layout candidates, placement plus routing, from a schematic and board outline, returned in native Altium, Cadence, Xpedition or KiCad formats.

Python based parametric BREP modeling framework for 2D and 3D CAD, built on the Open Cascade kernel for CAD as code workflows.

Machine learning on FPGAs using high-level synthesis: compiles neural networks to HLS for FPGA deployment.

Open-source ESP32 emulator written in Rust; runs unmodified firmware locally or in a browser, booting the real mask ROM and modeling displays, WiFi, and peripherals with no hardware required.

An agent plugin that turns a brief or a photo into a sliced Bambu Lab print job, with mesh checks and a printable handoff sheet.

Open-source capability layer that turns a product description, reference images, and key dimensions into editable enclosures and assembly structures arranged around internal components, exporting STEP, STL, and 3MF from editable build123d code.

Free software for creating solid 3D CAD objects from script files, aimed at programmers rather than interactive modeling.

Open-source parametric 3D CAD application in pure Rust with a built-in MCP server so AI agents can model, measure, and inspect parts headlessly.

An agent skill for SolidWorks that packages part modeling, assembly operations, drawings, FEA, and a self-review loop into a natural-language driven automation toolkit.

130 nm BiCMOS open-source PDK for analog, mixed-signal and RF design.

Python library for building parametric 3D CAD models with scripts, exporting STEP, STL, AMF, and 3MF on top of the OpenCascade kernel.

Open source integrated development environment for writing, compiling, and uploading sketches to Arduino and compatible boards, with autocompletion and a live debugger.

Full-stack digital HDL design agents covering lint/CDC, scan/ATPG, and MemoryBIST flows.

Windows-focused MCP servers and automation bridges for CATIA, SolidWorks, Siemens NX and Fusion.