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+/**
+ * Smoke test every example across every gallery bucket (Phase 1d-tests B).
+ *
+ * Extends the existing `examples-gallery-smoke.test.ts` (which covers
+ * only analog + digital) to cover the four buckets that had ZERO test
+ * coverage: 100-days, epaper, picow-wifi, circuits.
+ *
+ * Per example, asserts:
+ *   • The `buildNetlist` pipeline produces a valid netlist (doesn't
+ *     throw, has non-empty content).
+ *   • If the example carries actual electrical components (filtering
+ *     out firmware-only and pure-board canvases), the SPICE solve
+ *     converges and returns at least one vector or branch current.
+ *   • NodeVoltages are finite numbers (no NaN / Infinity).
+ *
+ * What we do NOT assert: behavioural specifics (values, MCU boot).
+ * Per-board MCU boot is in `board-kinds-smoke.test.ts` (Phase 1d-tests
+ * D); behavioural locks for canonical circuits live in dedicated
+ * spice-* test files.
+ *
+ * Fidelity (memory `feedback_tests_import_real_code`): imports each
+ * example array from its source module + uses the production
+ * `exampleToBuildNetlistInput` helper.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { hundredDaysExamples } from '../data/examples-100-days';
+import { epaperExamples } from '../data/examples-displays-epaper';
+import { picowWifiExamples } from '../data/examples-picow-wifi';
+import { circuitExamples } from '../data/examples-circuits';
+import { exampleToBuildNetlistInput } from '../utils/exampleToBuildNetlistInput';
+import { solveInput } from './helpers/solveInput';
+import type { ExampleProject } from '../data/examples';
+
+interface SmokeOutcome {
+  id: string;
+  title: string;
+  status: 'ok' | 'no-vectors' | 'invalid-numerics' | 'error';
+  detail?: string;
+}
+
+async function smokeOne(example: ExampleProject): Promise<SmokeOutcome> {
+  try {
+    const input = exampleToBuildNetlistInput(example);
+    // Firmware-only examples (e.g. blink-on-arduino-only) have no
+    // SPICE components after filtering boards.  Building the netlist
+    // is still a valid sanity check; skip the solve.
+    if (input.components.length === 0 && input.wires.length === 0) {
+      return { id: example.id, title: example.title, status: 'ok', detail: 'no-SPICE-content' };
+    }
+    const result = await solveInput(input);
+    const voltages = Object.values(result.nodeVoltages);
+    if (voltages.length === 0 && Object.values(result.branchCurrents).length === 0) {
+      return { id: example.id, title: example.title, status: 'no-vectors' };
+    }
+    const bad = voltages.find((v) => !Number.isFinite(v));
+    if (bad !== undefined) {
+      return {
+        id: example.id,
+        title: example.title,
+        status: 'invalid-numerics',
+        detail: String(bad),
+      };
+    }
+    return { id: example.id, title: example.title, status: 'ok' };
+  } catch (err) {
+    return {
+      id: example.id,
+      title: example.title,
+      status: 'error',
+      detail: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+function buildSuite(bucket: string, examples: ExampleProject[]): void {
+  describe(`${bucket} gallery — ${examples.length} examples solve on real ngspice`, () => {
+    it.each(examples.map((ex) => [ex.id, ex] as const))(
+      '%s',
+      { timeout: 30_000 },
+      async (_id, example) => {
+        const outcome = await smokeOne(example);
+        if (outcome.status !== 'ok') {
+          throw new Error(
+            `[${outcome.id}] "${outcome.title}" → ${outcome.status}${outcome.detail ? ': ' + outcome.detail : ''}`,
+          );
+        }
+      },
+    );
+  });
+}
+
+buildSuite('100-days', hundredDaysExamples);
+buildSuite('epaper-displays', epaperExamples);
+buildSuite('picow-wifi', picowWifiExamples);
+buildSuite('circuits', circuitExamples);