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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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aiflow run buck-12v5v-molecule-claude-opus-5-5-20260929-0039: pours
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docs/runs/buck-12v5v-molecule-claude-opus-5-5-20260929-0039/README.md+28−8@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # AI Flow run: claude-opus-5.5 on board-0 -**Running**: step `placement`, 115.3 min of AI time since the prompt (115.3 min on the wall clock). This page updates at every step change.+**Running**: step `pours`, 138.8 min of AI time since the prompt (138.8 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) | 115.3 | 0 | the first prompt |-| **all** | | | **115.3** | | |+| 1 | 2026-09-29T00:39:00Z | (open) | 138.8 | 0 | the first prompt |+| **all** | | | **138.8** | | | ## Per step @@ -20,20 +20,26 @@ AI time only, the idle cut out. | Step | AI min | AI thinking min | Tool min | Turns | Visits | Returns | Longest think | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | intake | 92.9 | 91.9 | 1.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 90.9 min |-| placement | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 min |+| placement | 14.9 | 4.3 | 10.6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2.3 min |+| routing | 8.7 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 min |+| pours | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 min | | components | 4.5 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.4 min | | libraries | 11.4 | 8.6 | 2.9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.6 min | | models | 6.3 | 5.4 | 0.9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.4 min | | other | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 min |-| **total** | **115.3** | **110.3** | **5.0** | | | | |+| **total** | **138.8** | **114.6** | **24.2** | | | | | ## Decisions along the way - 2026-09-29T02:11:59Z clip-start:components-1 - 2026-09-29T02:34:15Z clip-start:placement-1+- 2026-09-29T02:57:45Z clip-start:pours-1 ## Where the board stands +- routing: 0 unrouted after null passes+- gate: 0 new DRC errors, 0 unconnected, null inherited+- landed live: 14 of 14 route entries ## The steps on camera @@ -63,16 +69,30 @@ What this step does: place the parts for routability, current and heat; the bina  +**Screenshot: the board when placement ended.**++++### pours++What this step does: pour every net the spec names, keepouts along Kelvin taps, thermal and stitching vias, land, measure the copper kept++**Clip: pours, still recording (started 2026-09-29T02:57:45Z); it appears here when the step ends.**++**Screenshot: the board when pours 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. | Provider | Limit | At start | At end | Used by this run | |---|---|---|---|---|-| claude | 5h | 4 % | 6 % | 2.0 % |+| claude | 5h | 4 % | 10 % | 6.0 % | | claude | Fable | 0 % | 0 % | 0.0 % |-| claude | week | 7 % | 7 % | 0.0 % |-| codex | week | 2 % | 2 % | 0.0 % |+| claude | week | 7 % | 8 % | 1.0 % |+| codex | week | 2 % | 3 % | 1.0 % | *The limits are per account, not per run: every AI thread signed in as this user draws on the same numbers, so a run made while other threads were working shows their usage too. Read it as an upper bound unless this run was the only thread active.*
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