FC components and AI (ideas?)
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2025 5:35 pm
We can no longer ignore the fact that AI has become a powerful tool.
This is also true for electronics people
It now seems to me that we can also expect an increase in the creation of components for Flowcode.
Before AI, I used to read datasheets thoroughly to understand how to communicate with a new component using, for example, SPI or I2C.
Now, I simply ask an AI robot.
As an example, I took the datasheet of a (simple) component: the 24AA00T-I/OT I2C EEPROM.
In the past, you’d read through the documentation and note which commands the component expected in order to function.
Now, I paste the datasheet and immediately ask what command I need to send to use the component.
I ask, without too much beating around the bush, which commands I need to use to write a value to the EEPROM or to read one.
AI then gives me a clear sentence listing the commands I need to let Flowcode generate in order to make it work.
What are your thoughts on how we can use AI in Flowcode or in electronics as a job or a hobby?
Where do you see areas for improvement?
Should Matrix use this as a standard feature to quickly create components?
Can we, as customers, use this ourselves?
I just want to hear all your ideas and thoughts.
This is also true for electronics people
It now seems to me that we can also expect an increase in the creation of components for Flowcode.
Before AI, I used to read datasheets thoroughly to understand how to communicate with a new component using, for example, SPI or I2C.
Now, I simply ask an AI robot.
As an example, I took the datasheet of a (simple) component: the 24AA00T-I/OT I2C EEPROM.
In the past, you’d read through the documentation and note which commands the component expected in order to function.
Now, I paste the datasheet and immediately ask what command I need to send to use the component.
I ask, without too much beating around the bush, which commands I need to use to write a value to the EEPROM or to read one.
AI then gives me a clear sentence listing the commands I need to let Flowcode generate in order to make it work.
What are your thoughts on how we can use AI in Flowcode or in electronics as a job or a hobby?
Where do you see areas for improvement?
Should Matrix use this as a standard feature to quickly create components?
Can we, as customers, use this ourselves?
I just want to hear all your ideas and thoughts.