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CELUS: Simplifying Circuit Design with AI

OnTrack · 30 Oct 2025 · 7m · Episode 322

AI in practice: one real use of AI described

What this episode covers

Mohammad Matin, Technical Sales Solution Architect at CELUS, explains how the company uses AI to streamline circuit design by generating block diagrams and schematics from manufacturer reference designs. He details how CELUS breaks down complex components into reusable 'building blocks' to reduce manual work by approximately 75%, allowing engineers to quickly prototype systems using large language models. The conversation covers the platform's ability to interpret napkin sketches via image upload and its integration with major EDA tools for final schematic and layout generation.

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The AI analyzes uploaded images of hand-drawn block diagrams to identify components and generate a matching digital block diagram, reducing manual drawing time.

“now with the latest version, you can also load an image, right? Ideally, you have a hand drawing. We call it designed on a napkin, or a whiteboard, and I can then load that on app, and then it will do the embedded search under the hood, the machine learning, and then it will identify the closest match, and then draw the block diagram.”

Speaker 2 · Hear it at 4:47

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CELUS, Siemens EDA, NXP, Microchip

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