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But wait a minute, how did it even route ?

The design had 65 footprints, 54 nets and 118 unconnected lines. It is not a complex PCB by any means :P. Fable decided to use the Freerouting open-source project. The tool worked for 2 minutes, and after seventeen passes it plateaued at sixty nine connections, leaving 49 disconnected, and it could not finish the job. The remaining connections were hand-routed by Claude.

What do I do with it ?

I already wrote some proof-of-concept apps, and they worked perfectly fine. I can read on that beautiful 1.54 inch display :D Stopwatch is quite handy if i need some focusing, and the album is my favourite feature since even after powering the board off, the images stay on the display thanks to E-ink. The watch face. The menu. Two buttons used for up and down, and the other two used for select and back.The e-reader.

How do I feel all about this ?

Great and meh. I love how I was able to just describe the board I want in plain English, send the files overseas and then receive a fully functional board without knowing any proper PCB design knowledge. The possibilities are limitless here, and I will certainly continue doing this in the future. That said, I was not feeling much of an accomplishment, rightfully so.