Compress the first pass
Describe a board and get a draft in minutes, so you iterate toward a prototype, not toward a finished schematic.
For startups
Prototype before you pitch.
Get hardware ideas to a real, reviewable schematic fast — and keep a small team moving together with live collaboration and git.
Idea to draft fastLive collaboration + gitLocal & private
TRUSTED BY ENGINEERS ATMIT·Stanford·Georgia Tech·Purdue·Texas·Cornell
01 | THE PROBLEM
Hardware moves too slowly when you are pre-seed
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Every schematic from scratch is time you don't have before a demo.
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A two-person hardware team can't afford EDA friction or siloed files.
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You need to iterate on real parts, not vaporware.
02 | HOW PROTOFLOW HELPS
Move as a team
Comment on the schematic, collaborate live, and version every change with built-in git.
Keep IP close
Desktop-first and local by default — your unreleased design isn't sitting in someone else's cloud.
03 | FROM IDEA TO A BOARD YOU CAN SHOW
1Describe
Describe it in plain English
State the board or block you want — MCU, peripherals, power rails, constraints — the way you would brief a teammate.
2Draft
Get an editable first pass
ProtoFlow assembles the schematic, places key parts, and wires the repetitive early conventions for you.
3Export
Hand off a clean project
Run DRC/ERC, then export a tidy KiCad or Altium project so your real layout workflow starts further ahead.
04 | FAQ
Can a small team collaborate?
Yes — commenting, live collaboration, and git integration are built in for teams that need more than one brain on a design.
Does it scale into our real EDA?
It's step zero: export a clean KiCad or Altium project and do serious layout there.
Is our design data private?
The desktop-first workflow keeps files local to your machine and team.
05 | EXPLORE MORE
Use caseSchematic captureDescribe a circuit in plain English and get an editable, manufacturable schematicExplore Who it's forHardware engineersProtoFlow does the repetitive early schematic workExplore Use caseCleanup & exportAuto-clean a messy first pass and export a ready-to-use KiCad project, so your real layout workflow starts from something readable.Explore
06 | TRY PROTOFLOW