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KiCad offload example: pcbnew on grok-bridge computer with Arduino Uno.

John Lauer ·5f22ea921e ·1mo ago ·parent 4d34884
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@@ -173,11 +173,24 @@ The *intended* path is not borrowing a human token. grok-bridge lives inside Ado  --- -## Run KiCad for the user from this CLI+## Offload KiCad onto this computer -Grok Bot is the operator. Drive KiCad on grok-bridge's Linux computer — pcbnew on this box, not a remote desktop. Arduino Uno lives at `/home/box/kicad-offload/Arduino_Uno`.+An electrical engineer keeps the laptop for thinking. Grok Bot runs **KiCad 10** here — 16 GB RAM, 8 CPUs — so the board work does not sit on AdomLapper. -A pcbnew screenshot of that board will land here when captured.+This session already did it. Arduino Uno is open in pcbnew on grok-bridge's desktop (you can see it on **grok-bridge's screen**). 36 pads, 28 nets, the Uno outline, headers J1–J4.++```bash+dbus-run-session -- env DISPLAY=${DISPLAY:-:3} \+  pcbnew /home/box/kicad-offload/Arduino_Uno/Arduino_Uno.kicad_pcb+```++`pcbnew` is KiCad 10 via flatpak on this computer (`org.kicad.KiCad`). The session bus is required; without it the editor does not come up. Project files live at `/home/box/kicad-offload/Arduino_Uno`.++Leave it running. The live feed is the proof the offload landed.++![Arduino Uno in pcbnew on grok-bridge's computer](docs/screenshots/08-kicad-offload.png)++*Arduino Uno — PCB Editor, on this computer, not AdomLapper. Board outline, mounting holes, power/analog/digital headers, ICSP. Driven from this grok-bridge session.*  --- 
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