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Hassassin Round-Trips 16 KiCad Schematics Without Changing Their Checks

Hassassin makes its KiCad export credible by checking that 16 imported schematics keep the same connectivity and electrical warnings after a round trip.

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A circuit design tool becomes easier to adopt when engineers can move designs back to KiCad and automatically prove that the connections stayed intact.

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Hassassin can now export a complete KiCad schematic project, including sheets, symbols, wires, labels, and project files. The useful part is the compatibility test: the developers imported 16 KiCad projects, exported them again, and got the same netlists and electrical rule checking (ERC) results from KiCad's command-line tool.

That comparison checks the two things most likely to make a schematic migration dangerous. The netlist records which component pins connect, while ERC reports suspicious electrical connections. A file can open and look plausible after conversion while either one has changed. Hassassin also preserves imported library symbols exactly and warns when a label reaches only one pin, so the export carries both the drawing and a check for a common wiring mistake.

This gives teams a practical escape hatch from a young design tool. Before adopting Hassassin, run the same round-trip test on the schematics your team ships and review every difference. If the test stays clean as projects grow, engineers can try a new editor without making KiCad interoperability an act of faith.