[sdiy] First exchanges with ChatGPT... program code extract + conversion.. AWESOME !!!

Thu May 7 05:10:34 CEST 2026

I had Claude rewrite Pink Tunes from 6502 assembly to C. It did it no
problem.

--tr

On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 8:16 PM Nicolás Dinapoli Fariña via Synth-diy <
synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:

> Outstanding.
> On the thread about Scott Lee passing away, I wrote about porting the old
> PAiA software to something sinple like arduino. I then remembered posting
> about it, maybe here, maybe on electro-music.
> I suppose now this is the way to go about it.
>
>
> El mié., 6 de may. de 2026 a la(s) 13:05, Todd Sines via Synth-diy
> <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> escribió:
> I have tried it with Claude CLI. It weirdly would add all of the symbols,
> but not make all (or barely any) connections in Kicad.
>
> I will try again with a Claude MCP <–> Kicad (there are several, some
> free, some not); hopefully it will yield better results.
> https://mcpmarket.com/es/tools/skills/kicad-electronics-design
>
> I got a pretty successful looking rigid body simulation of 100,000 grains
> of sand inside an hourglass using Claude, MCP, Python, and Blender just by
> providing it reference images. After a lot of steering, has figured out how
> to attack my project; like a first date a metal concert, after a lot of
> head-banging and hand holding, I got a lot further than I would have on my
> own.
>
> If it can handle that, maybe it can handle your needs as well.
>
> Todd
>
> On May 6, 2026, at 11:37 AM, Sean Ellis via Synth-diy <
> synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
>
> You can feed kicad to claude and get layout suggestions so I dont doubt it
> could trace a circuit.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Synth-diy <synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org> on behalf of Rob Kam
> via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 6 May 2026 2:34 PM
> *Cc:* SDIY <Synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [sdiy] First exchanges with ChatGPT... program code
> extract + conversion.. AWESOME !!!
>
> Quite probably, if you also gave it the inputs, outputs, and BOM.
>
> On 06/05/2026 10:18, Mike Bryant wrote:
>
> I wonder if you gave it photos of the top and bottom of a 2 layer loaded
> PCB whether it could create a schematic ? 😄
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> *From:* Synth-diy <synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org>
> <synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org> on behalf of Eric Frampton
> <eric at ericframpton.com> <eric at ericframpton.com>
> *Sent:* 06 May 2026 01:16
> *To:* el macaco <elmacaco at hotmail.com> <elmacaco at hotmail.com>
> *Cc:* SDIY <Synth-diy at synth-diy.org> <Synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [sdiy] First exchanges with ChatGPT... program code
> extract + conversion.. AWESOME !!!
>
> I’m actually working on that very thing for a particular favorite old
> synth of mine. Stay tuned.
>
> On May 5, 2026, at 6:53 PM, el macaco via Synth-diy
> <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
>
> Yes this is a great result! Had me thinking if this could take an OS for
> an old synth or sampler and optimize or improve it.  Still would help to
> have it in the hands of someone who understands the code and could catch
> errors.
>
> Congrats!
>
>
>
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> *From:* Synth-diy <synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org>
> <synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org> on behalf of Benjamin Tremblay via
> Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 5, 2026 2:30:06 PM
> *To:* sleepy_dog at gmx.de <sleepy_dog at gmx.de> <sleepy_dog at gmx.de>
> *Cc:* Synth-diy at synth-diy.org <Synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
> <Synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [sdiy] First exchanges with ChatGPT... program code
> extract + conversion.. AWESOME !!!
>
> Yes. It’s for translating things.
> Benjamin Tremblay
>
> On May 5, 2026, at 3:07 PM, Steve via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
> <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
>
> 
>
> Actually, the described scenario is where I would have expected LLMs to
> likely produce good results. Two available, very comprehensive set of
> rules, and then transforming from one to the other.
> Not many more levels above that, except to understand the relatively
> straightforward goal of the user. At least if the two architectures are
> reasonably close in what they can do, instruction wise, w.r.t. the subset
> used by the code to be translated.
> Here, one does not expect of the "AI" to have a grand, actual
> understanding of things which it does not have.
>
> On 05.05.2026 16:35, Tom Wiltshire wrote:
>
>
>
> On 5 May 2026, at 14:54, Mike Bryant <mbryant at futurehorizons.com> wrote:
> I think we were all so gobsmacked by it working there was nothing left to
> say 😄
>
>
> Yep, this exactly! It's pretty amazing that this came off.
>
> Well done, J-P!
>
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