bshada/open-schematics

Open Schematics Dataset

A comprehensive dataset of electronic schematics from hardware projects. This dataset is designed for training AI models on circuit design, component recognition, and hardware engineering tasks.

Dataset Description

This dataset contains electronic schematic files along with their visual representations, component information, and metadata from various hardware projects.

Dataset Structure

Each record in the dataset contains:

• schematic: Raw schematic file content (primarily .kicad_sch format)
• image: PNG rendering of the schematic
• components_used: List of electronic components used in the schematic
• json: JSON representation of the schematic structure
• yaml: YAML representation of the schematic metadata
• name: Project name
• description: Project description
• type: File extension/format (e.g., .kicad_sch)

Data Fields

Field	Type	Description
schematic	string	Raw schematic file content
image	image	Visual rendering of the schematic (PNG)
components_used	list[string]	Electronic components used in the design
json	string	JSON representation of schematic structure
yaml	string	YAML metadata of the schematic
name	string	Name of the project
description	string	Description of the project
type	string	Schematic file format/extension

Dataset Creation

Source Data

The dataset is compiled from hardware projects, with schematics created using EDA software.

Data Collection

Schematics were collected from publicly available hardware repositories and processed to extract:

• Raw schematic files
• Visual representations (PNG images)
• Component lists
• Structured metadata (JSON/YAML)

Data Processing

• Empty schematics (without components or symbols) are filtered out
• Component names are extracted from library symbols
• Images are generated for visual representation
• Multiple format representations (raw, JSON, YAML) are provided for flexibility

Use Cases

This dataset can be used for:

• Circuit Design AI: Training models to generate or understand electronic schematics
• Component Recognition: Identifying electronic components from schematic diagrams
• Design Assistance: Building tools to help engineers with circuit design
• Documentation Generation: Automatically generating documentation from schematics
• Design Validation: Training models to detect errors or suggest improvements
• Educational Tools: Creating interactive learning systems for electronics education

Limitations

• Dataset primarily contains .kicad_sch format schematics
• Quality and complexity of schematics vary across projects
• Some projects may have incomplete metadata
• Component naming conventions may vary between projects

License

This dataset is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) license. Please ensure you comply with the original licenses of the source projects when using this data.

Citation

If you use this dataset in your research or projects, please cite:

@dataset{open_schematics_2025,
  title={Open Schematics: A Dataset of Electronic Schematics from Hardware Projects},
  author={bshada},
  year={2025},
  publisher={Hugging Face},
  howpublished={\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/bshada/open-schematics}}
}

Contact

For questions, issues, or contributions, please open an issue on the dataset repository.