[HN Gopher] AI-Powered Electronic Component Sorter
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       AI-Powered Electronic Component Sorter
        
       Author : peter_d_sherman
       Score  : 6 points
       Date   : 2024-10-09 13:16 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | peter_d_sherman wrote:
       | I would love to see an AI which could automatically identify
       | computer motherboards from pictures; that idea could then be
       | extended to automatically identify any circuit board, any IC's
       | that are on that board, etc., etc., by an image, a photograph of
       | the circuit board alone.
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       | Paired with something like the URL for the manual/documentation
       | at the manufacturer's website and/or the Wayback machine (if the
       | manufacturer is defunct and their website no longer exists), and
       | something like Octopart (for ordering replacement components), it
       | could have a lot of applications...
       | 
       | Sort of like the digital equivalent of an AI "what
       | plant/flower/shrub/fruit/fungi is this?" for the natural world,
       | but for man-made electronic boards and sub-components...
        
       | amelius wrote:
       | Doesn't Google already have an AI that can identify _anything_
       | based on a picture?
        
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