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Describe
Explain the board or block you want in plain language instead of starting from a blank schematic.
PCB Designshouldn't be this hard
The AI-native desktop tool that gets you from blank canvas to a clean PCB, faster.
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01 | HOW IT WORKS
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Draft
ProtoFlow assembles the first pass, places key parts, and cleans up the repetitive early wiring work.
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Export
Hand a cleaner project into KiCad or Altium so your real layout workflow starts further ahead.
02 | FEATURES
Find Parts
Search the parts you need from one place instead of bouncing between datasheets, catalogs, and tabs.
Generate Circuits
Describe the circuit you want in plain language and get a cleaner first draft without starting from scratch.
Clean Up
Clean up the first pass automatically so the draft is easier to read before deeper layout work.
AND THERE'S MORE
The PCB Editor Reimagined
A desktop-first workflow built for the awkward early part of hardware design.
Commenting
Leave context directly on the schematic instead of in scattered messages.
Live Collaboration
Work together in real time when a design needs more than one brain.
Git Integration
Keep design changes versioned like the rest of your stack.
Visual Git Diff Overlays
See what changed directly in the editor instead of parsing it manually.
Custom Themes
Make the editor feel like yours, not like a locked-down EDA relic.
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03 | FAQ
A desktop EDA tool with AI wired into it. The entire PCB design experience has been reimagined to remove friction and make common workflows feel up to 10× faster. Describe the circuit you want and it drafts the schematic, pulls real parts with real footprints, and gets you to a board you can route. Everything it makes is normal editable geometry, so you can take the wheel whenever you want.
ProtoFlow is designed to take you from an idea to a full production PCB without ever leaving it. That said, you are never stuck inside it. Save and export to KiCad, Altium, EAGLE, PADS or EDIF, go work in whatever tool you like, and come back in whenever you need to without losing anything. It is built to be where you start, not somewhere you get trapped.
Fair thing to worry about, so nothing the AI makes is a black box. Every generated symbol and footprint opens in the normal editors with pin numbers and pad dimensions you can check against the datasheet, and ERC and DRC run over the result. Treat it like a fast junior engineer. You still sign off.
Nope. We rethought the entire editor first, so every part of the job got easier before any AI showed up. Drop in a DXF from your mechanical team and carve a custom board outline straight out of it. Pull a part off the web and simulate it before you commit to it. Link components and nets without fighting the tool. Swap stackups, pour copper, check the board in 3D as you go. Some people ignore the copilot for weeks and just draw.
Yes. Gerber X2 with a job file, Excellon drills with plated and non-plated holes separated, plus BOM and placement files formatted for JLCPCB assembly. One click runs the board through JLCPCB’s audit so you catch problems before you pay for a run. More manufacturers are on the way, and every one we add becomes another one-click order from inside the app. If you run a fab and want to be one of them, come talk to us.
Become a manufacturing partnerYes. The free plan does not expire or require a card, and every user gets free access to the full editor and AI features. You can upgrade at any time for increased AI access and higher usage limits. And your designs are yours, always.
04 | TRY PROTOFLOW
