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Our PCB kept failing, so we built a PCB verification tool

Our PCB kept failing, so we built a PCB verification tool

by sr-38·Feb 27, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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Catches voltage violations and pin errors DRC misses; component sourcing bundled in.

Strengths
  • •AI reasons about circuit topology + datasheet constraints, not just connectivity like traditional DRC
  • •Concrete bug examples ($2k–$10k respin costs) prove real pain point and solution value
  • •Integrated DigiKey/Mouser sourcing solves adjacent friction without context-switch
Weaknesses
  • •Still in beta; unclear if AI catches all edge cases or has false positive rate
  • •Requires netlist + schematic PDF input; adoption depends on EDA tool integration maturity
Target Audience

Hardware engineers, PCB designers, electronics startups

Similar To

Traditional EDA DRC tools (Altium, KiCad) · Online PCB validators like CircuitLab

Post Description

So we're a startup building a wearable device, and our PCBs kept failing due to the tiniest design errors. Every iteration cost us weeks of time and thousands in costs and lost revenue. That's why we built CheckMyPCB, a PCB verification tool, and now finally have a working PCB. Just upload your netlist and schematic PDF, and let it run a deep analysis that checks whether your circuit is designed correctly against the datasheets of hundreds of components. It even caught design errors that even senior engineers missed. Based on feedback from early users, we also added a component sourcing tool, so no more searching across 10 different vendors to find a single component, or last-minute lead-time and EOL headaches. Currently in beta and free to use.

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