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12 V to 5 V / 1 A Buck Molecule (TPS54202)
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An independently designed 12 V to 5 V, 1 A synchronous buck molecule (TI TPS54202), with calculations, ngspice and PSpice simulation, KiCad 10 schematic and board, and the board laid out and analysed with adom-aiflow.
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docs/runs/buck-12v5v-molecule-claude-opus-5-5-20260929-0039/README.md+24−7@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # AI Flow run: claude-opus-5.5 on board-0 -**Running**: step `3d`, 235.0 min of AI time since the prompt (813.6 min on the wall clock). This page updates at every step change.+**Running**: step `routing`, 245.4 min of AI time since the prompt (824.1 min on the wall clock). This page updates at every step change. Prompt at 2026-09-29T00:39:00Z (UTC). Flow: board. Every number here is from the run's append-only ledger (run.jsonl). AI time is the time the AI was working on a prompt: from the human's prompt to the AI's done, with any gap over 15 min where no command ran (unobserved, not proven idle) cut out. @@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ One row per human prompt: the AI's time on it, unobserved gaps excluded by the h | Session | Prompt at | Done at | AI time min | Unobserved gap min | What | |---|---|---|---|---|---|-| 1 | 2026-09-29T00:39:00Z | (open) | 234.9 | 579 | the first prompt |-| **all** | | | **235.0** | | |+| 1 | 2026-09-29T00:39:00Z | (open) | 245.4 | 579 | the first prompt |+| **all** | | | **245.4** | | | ## Per step @@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ AI time only, the idle cut out. |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | intake | 92.9 | 91.9 | 1.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 90.9 min | | placement | 14.9 | 4.3 | 10.6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2.3 min |-| routing | 76.3 | 0.0 | 76.3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 min |+| routing | 74.6 | 0.0 | 74.6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 min | | pours | 6.1 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 min | | current | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 min | | thermal | 11.5 | 0.0 | 11.5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 min |-| 3d | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 min |+| 3d | 12.1 | 0.0 | 12.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 min | | components | 4.5 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.4 min | | fields | 9.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 min | | libraries | 11.4 | 8.6 | 2.9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.6 min |@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ AI time only, the idle cut out. | nets | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 min | | other | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 min | | silkscreen | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 min |-| **total** | **234.9** | **114.6** | **120.4** | | | | |+| **total** | **245.4** | **114.6** | **130.8** | | | | | ## Returns to earlier steps @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ AI time only, the idle cut out. - 2026-09-29T13:18:41Z clip-start:silkscreen-1 - 2026-09-29T14:02:05Z clip guard: the silkscreen clip ran 43 min, past its 10 min budget twice over; stopped by the guard - 2026-09-29T14:12:35Z clip-start:3d-1+- 2026-09-29T14:23:05Z clip-start:routing-2 ## Where the board stands @@ -241,12 +242,28 @@ What this step does: Make both faces useful in real service: references and valu What this step does: the 3D walkthrough: the viewer opened from the editor, then fit, top, tilt, orbit, zoom in, swing, front, bottom, flip, top, fit, all by menu command, no mouse -**Clip: 3d, still recording (started 2026-09-29T14:12:35Z); it appears here when the step ends.**+**Clip: 3d, the PCB editor from 2026-09-29T14:13:10Z to 2026-09-29T14:13:46Z. Motion only: 0.4 min of real time, 8 s of it had something moving; the clock in the corner is the real elapsed time.**++<video width="100%" controls><source src="/blob/app/buck-12v5v-molecule/docs/runs/buck-12v5v-molecule-claude-opus-5-5-20260929-0039/3d-1.mp4" type="video/mp4"></video>++**Contact sheet: nine frames spread through the 3d clip, what the camera saw.**++ **Screenshot: the board when 3d began.**  +### routing, visit 2++What this step does: route to 100 percent with the spec's rules, gate with KiCad's DRC, land as undo steps; the AI takes it with take route=ai++**Clip: routing, visit 2, still recording (started 2026-09-29T14:23:05Z); it appears here when the step ends.**++**Screenshot: the board when routing, visit 2 began.**+++ ## Plan usage, the second cost line Percent of each plan limit used, as the provider reports it, at the start of the run and at its end.
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