diff --git a/frontend/src/components/velxio-components/PiPicoWElement.ts b/frontend/src/components/velxio-components/PiPicoWElement.ts
index cd9efb5a..0c7c6f73 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/velxio-components/PiPicoWElement.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/velxio-components/PiPicoWElement.ts
@@ -39,15 +39,26 @@ const PINS_PI_PICO_W = [
   { name: 'GP22', x: 97, y: 157 },
   { name: 'RUN', x: 97, y: 144 },
   { name: 'GP26', x: 97, y: 131 },
+  // Alias entries: examples and saved projects also reference the ADC pins
+  // as A0/A1/A2 (Arduino-style) — same physical pins, same coordinates.
+  // Without these the wire endpoint anchored at the board corner. Mirrors
+  // the RX2/16 dual-entry precedent in Esp32Element.
+  { name: 'A0', x: 97, y: 131 },
   { name: 'GP27', x: 97, y: 119 },
+  { name: 'A1', x: 97, y: 119 },
   { name: 'GND.7', x: 97, y: 106 },
   { name: 'GP28', x: 97, y: 93 },
+  { name: 'A2', x: 97, y: 93 },
   { name: 'ADC_VREF', x: 97, y: 81 },
   { name: '3V3', x: 97, y: 68 },
   { name: '3V3_EN', x: 97, y: 55 },
   { name: 'GND.8', x: 97, y: 42 },
   { name: 'VSYS', x: 97, y: 30 },
   { name: 'VBUS', x: 97, y: 17 },
+  // GP25 is the onboard LED, not a header pin — but pico-blink-style
+  // examples wire an external LED to it for visibility. Anchor at the LED
+  // silk so those wires stop falling back to the board corner.
+  { name: 'GP25', x: 40, y: 14 },
 ];
 
 class PiPicoWElement extends HTMLElement {
diff --git a/frontend/src/data/examples-storage-microsd.ts b/frontend/src/data/examples-storage-microsd.ts
index 0a43fed2..66d3d91f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/data/examples-storage-microsd.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/data/examples-storage-microsd.ts
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export const microsdExamples: ExampleProject[] = [
       { id: 'w-miso', start: { componentId: 'esp32', pinName: '19' }, end: { componentId: 'sd1', pinName: 'MISO' }, color: '#22cc22' },
       { id: 'w-sck', start: { componentId: 'esp32', pinName: '18' }, end: { componentId: 'sd1', pinName: 'SCK' }, color: '#ffdd33' },
       { id: 'w-vcc', start: { componentId: 'esp32', pinName: '3V3' }, end: { componentId: 'sd1', pinName: 'VCC' }, color: '#ff4444' },
-      { id: 'w-gnd', start: { componentId: 'esp32', pinName: 'GND.1' }, end: { componentId: 'sd1', pinName: 'GND' }, color: '#000000' },
+      { id: 'w-gnd', start: { componentId: 'esp32', pinName: 'GND' }, end: { componentId: 'sd1', pinName: 'GND' }, color: '#000000' },
     ],
   },
 ];
diff --git a/frontend/src/data/examples.ts b/frontend/src/data/examples.ts
index f30c4960..03134251 100644
--- a/frontend/src/data/examples.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/data/examples.ts
@@ -4484,7 +4484,7 @@ void loop() {
     wires: [
       {
         id: 'w1',
-        start: { componentId: 'arduino-uno', pinName: 'TX' },
+        start: { componentId: 'arduino-uno', pinName: 'GP0' },
         end: { componentId: 'r-led-rx-a', pinName: '1' },
         color: '#ff8800',
       },
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/pinPositionCalculator.ts b/frontend/src/utils/pinPositionCalculator.ts
index 10b5b501..74437123 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/pinPositionCalculator.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/pinPositionCalculator.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,31 @@ export function calculatePinPosition(
       pin = pinInfo.find((p: any) => p.description === `GPIO${gpioNum}`);
     }
   }
+  // Generic alias fallbacks — every unresolved endpoint used to silently
+  // anchor at the board CORNER (0,0 of the element), which users read as a
+  // broken circuit. The names below are electrically identical spellings
+  // that boards/examples/saved projects disagree on (a 2026-08 audit found
+  // 15 gallery examples and 28 saved projects wired to a spelling their
+  // board element doesn't expose). Only consulted after exact + the two
+  // legacy fallbacks above miss, so no existing resolution changes.
+  if (!pin) {
+    const candidates: string[] = [];
+    const dot = pinName.match(/^(.+)\.\d+$/);
+    if (dot) candidates.push(dot[1]); // GND.1 -> GND (esp32 classic)
+    if (pinName === '3.3V') candidates.push('3V3', '3V3.1', '3V');
+    if (pinName === '3V3') candidates.push('3V3.1', '3.3V', '3V');
+    if (pinName === '5V') candidates.push('5V.1', 'VBUS', 'VIN');
+    if (pinName === 'GND2') candidates.push('GND.2');
+    const dNum = pinName.match(/^D(\d+)$/);
+    if (dNum) candidates.push(dNum[1], `GP${dNum[1]}`); // D13 -> 13 (esp32) / GP13 (pico)
+    if (/^\d+$/.test(pinName)) candidates.push(`D${pinName}`, `GP${pinName}`);
+    if (pinName === '36') candidates.push('VP'); // ESP32 devkit silk for GPIO36
+    if (pinName === '39') candidates.push('VN'); // ESP32 devkit silk for GPIO39
+    for (const c of candidates) {
+      pin = pinInfo.find((p: any) => p.name === c);
+      if (pin) break;
+    }
+  }
   if (!pin) {
     console.warn(`[pinPositionCalculator] Pin ${pinName} not found on component ${componentId}`);
     console.warn(