ProtoFlow Enterprise

From prompt to production PCB.

ProtoFlow Enterprise designs with your approved parts, your design rules and your library conventions, on dedicated AI capacity with zero data retention.

  1. 01
    Prompt
    One brief
  2. 02
    Schematic
    203 parts
  3. 03
    Board
    4 copper layers
  4. 04
    ~57 h saved
    Estimated
01 · THE PROMPT
  • 24 V robot I/O controller, STM32
  • CAN and RS-485, two encoders
  • 4 field inputs, 0–10 V analog
  • 4 protected 250 mA outputs
02 · SCHEMATICSchematic of the robot peripheral controller
03 · BOARDRouted board of the robot peripheral controller
TIME BACK

Days of engineering, done in hours.

ProtoFlow StudioNew design
YouRobot peripheral controller · the prompt, as written

Design a robot peripheral control and telemetry PCB for a mobile or manipulation robot.

The board should accept a nominal 24 V DC input and provide protected, regulated power and low-voltage interfaces for sensors, encoders, actuators, and a central robot computer. This is a generic development board, not a safety-certified controller or high-power motor driver.

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Include these functional blocks: 1. Power input and protection - 24 V input through a two-position screw terminal - Replaceable input fuse - Reverse-polarity protection - TVS diode for transient protection - Power-status LED - Test points for input voltage and ground 2. Regulated power - 24 V to 5 V buck-converter stage - 5 V to 3.3 V regulator - Decoupling and bulk capacitance around each supply - Separate headers exposing protected 24 V, 5 V, 3.3 V, and ground - Power-good LEDs for the 5 V and 3.3 V rails 3. Controller - STM32 microcontroller with a commonly available LQFP footprint - SWD programming header - Reset pushbutton - Boot-configuration components - External crystal if required - Proper decoupling on every MCU supply pin 4. Robot communication - One protected CAN bus interface with transceiver, switchable 120-ohm termination, and a four-pin connector - One RS-485 interface with transceiver, termination and biasing components, and a four-pin connector - One UART expansion header - Clearly label communication connectors and test points 5. Sensor inputs - Four digital sensor or limit-switch inputs - Each input should support an external 5–24 V signal through protection and level conditioning - Add input-status LEDs - Two analog sensor inputs with filtering and overvoltage protection - Two quadrature encoder connectors with A, B, index, power, and ground 6. Low-current outputs - Four protected low-side MOSFET outputs for small relays, solenoids, lights, or fans - Include gate resistors, pull-down resistors, flyback protection, and output-status LEDs - Use separate connectors for each output - Keep these outputs explicitly low-current; do not create a motor-power stage 7. Safety and service interfaces - One externally wired emergency-stop status input that the MCU can monitor - Do not claim that this input provides a certified safety function - Add a watchdog/status LED - Add labeled test points for the main power rails, CAN, RS-485, and key MCU signals Organize the schematic into clearly labeled functional blocks. Use real, commonly available parts with footprints wherever possible. Add net labels and connector labels that make the signal flow easy to understand. Keep the PCB practical for automated placement and routing: - Two-layer board - Approximately 100 mm by 80 mm - Four mounting holes - Power circuitry on one side - MCU and communications in the center - Field connectors around the board edges - Keep high-current paths short and wide - Keep switching power circuitry away from analog inputs and communication signals - Include a ground plane Generate a complete, editable schematic suitable for conversion into a PCB. Do not add Wi-Fi, Ethernet, high-power motor drivers, battery charging, or functional-safety circuitry.
Describe the board you need…
AIWhat ProtoFlow did with it
  1. 1
    Chose the parts
    203 parts, each with a matching symbol and footprint
  2. 2
    Drew the schematic
    Four sheets: power and controller, inputs, outputs, communications
    Drew the schematic
  3. 3
    Placed and routed the board
    Four copper layers, 100 × 80 mm
    Placed and routed the board
  4. 4
    Checked its work
    Design-rule and electrical-rule checks on the result
~57 hest. saved
Against about 60 hours for an engineer doing it by hand
See the board →
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Compact compute board

127 footprints · 8 layers · 70 × 55 mm

“Design an 8-layer compact compute board, about 70 x 55 mm, built around an NXP i.MX RT1062 in the 0.8 mm-pitch BGA-196 package.”

~52.4 hest. saved

2 h 35 min in ProtoFlow, ~55 h by hand

Industrial Ethernet gateway, 3d view
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Industrial Ethernet gateway, top copper
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Industrial Ethernet gateway

126 footprints · 6 layers · 100 × 80 mm

“Design a 6-layer industrial Ethernet and CAN-FD gateway board, about 100 x 80 mm with four M3 mounting holes.”

~43.7 hest. saved

1 h 17 min in ProtoFlow (one revision), ~45 h by hand

Actuator command board, 3d view
3D view
Actuator command board, top copper
Top copper

STM32 + CAN

Actuator command board

78 footprints · 2 layers

“Create a generic, low-voltage robot actuator command-and-telemetry PCB example.”

~30 hest. saved
See the board →
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3D view
Garage door opener, top copper
Top copper

Wi-Fi smart home

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47 parts · 2 layers · Gerbers and BOM

“make me a garage opener”

~15.6 hest. saved

24 min in ProtoFlow, ~16 h by hand

RESULTS

Results you can check.

The AI designs inside your rules, not around them. It runs DRC and ERC as it works, to your clearances, widths and fab limits, and finishes with the files your manufacturer needs. Each benchmark is then re-checked in KiCad.

1DRC and ERC while it designs2Gerbers, drills, BOM and placement files3Re-checked in KiCad
99 of 99
benchmark boards routed clean
LG AI Research’s public PCBWorld-Bench
30 of 30
harder boards clean, every attempt
Ten medium boards, three tries each, all counted
32 s
typical time to a clean board
Median across the 99 small boards
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REAL BOARD

A lab instrument, fully routed by AI.

IO Rodeo's open-source potentiostat: every one of its 372 connections made, zero errors in KiCad, and every part left where the designer put it.

routed
100%
KiCad errors
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start to finish
42m 47s

Everything in ProtoFlow, on every seat.

No feature gating by plan. The enterprise agreement adds controls around the product, not access to it.

An AI copilot, datasheet-to-part generation, and automated placement, routing, and review, built into the editor.

AI Copilot (GPT / Claude / Gemini)Datasheet-to-part generationAI Component LabAuto-placement & auto-routingAI-assisted file importAI-powered design reviews

A ProtoFlow shaped around how you work.

Custom features

Panels, automations, and checks for your workflow.

  • Custom DRC rule packs
  • Workflow-specific panels
  • Process automations
  • Fab-required checks

Your library standards

Your conventions encoded, review-ready first time.

  • Naming conventions
  • Layer & stackup maps
  • Courtyard / silkscreen rules
  • Approved-parts enforcement

Connected to your stack

Integrated with the systems your team runs on.

  • PLM / PDM sync
  • ERP & part databases
  • Internal component APIs
  • CI / automation hooks

A rollout run with you

From install to adoption, with a named contact.

  • Live engineer training
  • Librarian onboarding
  • Library migration
  • Named account manager

Security and controls in the enterprise agreement

  • SSO & SAML (Okta, Entra ID, Google Workspace)
  • Pooled seats and AI quota with an admin console
  • Dedicated AI capacity & SLAs
  • Zero data retention, no training on your designs
  • Security review, architecture docs and a DPA
  • Scoped project access for contract manufacturers
  • PO, annual and multi-year invoicing
  • Requirements traceability (ReqIF from DOORS, Polarion, Jama)

Enterprise questions

How much does ProtoFlow Enterprise cost?

Pricing is custom, scoped to your team size, AI quota, support level, and rollout. Tell us about your team and we’ll send a quote.

How do you handle our data and IP?

Datasheets are processed transiently and never retained, your designs are never used for training, and the desktop app is local-first. Zero data retention and isolation are written into the agreement.

What’s included on each seat?

Everything in ProtoFlow: the AI copilot and Studio, datasheet-to-part, the full schematic-to-PCB editor, collaboration, and the complete manufacturing output set, plus the enterprise controls.

ProtoFlow

Bring us your next board.

From a spec or an existing design, we'll show you ProtoFlow building it to your rules, checked in KiCad, and scope seats, AI quota and rollout into a quote.