I've been playing with this for a while. In my experience, current LLMs work really well for looking up general electronics knowledge and reinterpreting it in the context of your problem. "What are the reasons my resistor-based voltage divider isn't working", that kind of stuff. Not useful for seasoned EEs, great for hobbyists.
But the moment you're asking LLMs to reason about the specs or the applications of specific chips, they will give made-up answers around 80% of the time. This is probably a matter of the data being a bit too sparse. Pick a chip and ask about its supply voltage range, and it will probably get it wrong, even for the most popular stuff.
But the moment you're asking LLMs to reason about the specs or the applications of specific chips, they will give made-up answers around 80% of the time. This is probably a matter of the data being a bit too sparse. Pick a chip and ask about its supply voltage range, and it will probably get it wrong, even for the most popular stuff.