ALP Studio is the chat-driven hardware design tool from ALP Lab. It sits on top of the open E1M Standard, the Loom IDL hardware description language, and the ALP SDK — a vendor-neutral platform that turns natural-language briefs into deterministic, fab-ready edge AI products.
Pure-vibe AI tools ask the LLM to invent boards. Hardware doesn't tolerate plausible. We ship standards instead — open where it compounds, proprietary where it pays the bills.
Open carrier pinout for AI module-on-module products. Two form factors (35×35 mm and 45×65 mm), 312 + 496 BGA pads, signal universe + alt-functions, machine-readable JSON-Schema. OEMs adopt without licensing.
github.com/alplabai/e1m-spec →The description language we invented for module-based AI systems. Form-factor + per-SoM manifest + block manifest + project document. Same role for module design that Verilog plays for chip design — only with a deterministic pin allocator instead of a synthesiser.
in alp-studio →Single C/C++ API across every E1M variant on bare metal · Zephyr · Yocto. Wraps every vendor HAL. Ships the curated library set: peripherals · display · camera · GUI/LVGL · math · signal proc · IoT.
github.com/alplabai/alp-sdk →Studio is the front door. The standard is the wedge. The SoM is the durable economic layer. Every layer composes through Loom IDL.
Chat → fab-ready bundle
One C/C++ API · all E1M
Vendor-neutral, footprint-class compatible
Carrier pinout · BGA pad map
Pure-vibe AI-EDA tools don't make the module. SoM vendors don't have a vibe tool or a description language. Silicon-vendor IDEs are locked to their own silicon. Only one company combines all four — and publishes the standard openly so the network effect compounds.
| Pure-vibe HW tools | SoM vendors | ALP Studio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor-neutral SoM standard | ❌ | partial | ✅ open (E1M) |
| Hardware description language | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ Loom IDL |
| AI never invents pins | n/a | n/a | ✅ deterministic allocator |
| Unified SDK across vendors | ❌ | partial | ✅ |
| Output trust (same doc → same Gerbers) | ❌ | n/a | ✅ |
Three repos cover the full platform. One open, two proprietary while the SoMs ship.
The E1M Standard. STANDARD.md prose, machine-readable pinout JSON, schema, per-SoM examples. Open standard.
github.com/alplabai/e1m-spec →Chat agent · canvas · Loom IDL allocator · block library · project export. Postgres-backed projects, Zephyr-targeted firmware pipeline, GitHub Actions CI.
github.com/alplabai/alp-studio →C/C++ unification SDK. Peripherals + libraries + chip metadata + vendor wrappers. v0.6 candidate; v1.0 roadmap published.
github.com/alplabai/alp-sdk →