Circuitcaster Tutorials/Getting Started
Tutorial 02

Make a Component with AI

Need a part in your library? Describe it in plain English and let an AI build it — real datasheet dimensions, every pin labeled, straight into your project.

SERIES Getting Started TIME ~2 min WORKS WITH Claude · ChatGPT · any LLM
Jump in anywhere. This tutorial stands on its own — all you need is a Circuitcaster project open. New here? Tutorial 1: Making a New Project takes about two minutes, then come back.
The Share to AI button in a Circuitcaster project
STEP 01

Open “Share to AI”

In your project, tap Share to AI. Circuitcaster writes the prompt for you — you don't have to explain the board format to the AI yourself.

The Copy this, paste to any LLM dialog
STEP 02

Copy the ready-made prompt

The prompt comes pre-loaded with edit access to your board. Tap Copy prompt — or jump straight in with Open Claude or Open ChatGPT.

That project code is private — it's what lets the AI write to your board. Keep it to yourself; don't post it publicly.

Asking the AI for a 555 timer in plain English
STEP 03

Ask in plain English

Paste it into your AI and just say what you want: make me a 555 timer and put it in my library. No part number, no datasheet, no calipers.

The 555 component appearing on the Circuitcaster canvas
STEP 04

The AI does the homework

It reads the real datasheet, gets the true dimensions — DIP-8, 2.54 mm pitch, 7.62 mm rows — and writes the part straight into your project, every pin labeled.

The finished 555 component with labeled pins
STEP 05

It lands in your board, live

The 555 shows up in your project as you watch — pins named GND, TRIG, OUT, RESET, CTRL, THR, DIS, VCC, sized to a real NE555, ready to wire.

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Wire it into a circuit

You've got the part. Next, drop it on the board and let AI wire up a working 555 blinker — same plain-English flow.