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Circuit boards you can trust. Designed by AI, verified by physics.

Real parts, a routed board and its firmware, with every decision checked before it goes to the factory.

Design your board, free
Tinkered’s PCB view: the F4 flight controller of a 6S 225 mm FPV quad, a routed six-layer board with its ESC stack connector, receiver and camera pads, boot and reset buttons, beside its 6S 4-in-1 ESC board in the same project.
Capabilities

Design the board, prove it works, write its code and get it made.

  1. The solar shutter controller’s board in 3D, seen from above.
    Designs the whole boardReal parts, a schematic simulated before it’s built, and a routed board.
  2. The same board’s computed heat laid over it.
    Proves it with physicsHeat, power and signals computed from the parts’ datasheets, each against its limit.
  3. #define I2C_SDA_PIN 4
#define I2C_SCL_PIN 5
#define MOTOR_UP_PIN 6
#define MOTOR_DOWN_PIN 7
#define ARM_CLOCK_PIN 10
#define UART_RX_PIN 20
#define UART_TX_PIN 21
#define STATUS_LED_PIN 18
#define FAULT_LATCH_PIN 19
#define LIGHT_ADC_PIN 3
#define BOTTOM_SWITCH_PIN 1
#define TOP_SWITCH_PIN 0
    Writes its firmwareCode for the board’s own pins, compiled and ready to flash.
  4. The board’s layers pulled apart, as its manufacturing files describe them.
    Ready to manufactureFiles any factory accepts, for the manufacturer you choose.
U5 · DRV8874PWPRH-bridge motor driver, Texas Instruments
  1. The DRV8874 motor driver’s schematic symbol, its pins named.
    Symbol
  2. The DRV8874’s footprint: sixteen pads at 0.65 mm pitch, each numbered and named, pin 1 marked, the thermal pad as pad 17.
    Footprint
  3. The DRV8874’s 3D model, an HTSSOP-16 package with its pin 1 dimple.
    3D model
U5 · DRV8874PWPRThe motor driver, drawn into its circuit
  1. The DRV8874 motor driver as drawn: its logic inputs, its fault and current-sense outputs, its motor outputs, its supply and its grounds, each on its net.
    Schematic
  2. A simulated motor stall on this circuit: the motor current climbs until it reaches 2.2 A, and the motor driver switches off.
    Simulation
Solar shutter controllerThe whole board
  1. The board’s parts set out on it, each drawn by its outline, before any copper is laid.
    Placed
  2. The same board with its copper routed: the top side’s traces in black, the bottom side’s in grey.
    Routed
  3. The finished board in 3D: the Wi-Fi module at the top, screw terminals along both sides.
    In 3D
Solar shutter controllerThe same board, computed
  1. The board’s computed temperature laid over it: warmest by the battery path’s transistors, cool by the Wi-Fi module and the motor driver.
    Heat
  2. Four of the board’s results as bars against their limits: heat, current, supply noise and signal timing, each well short of its limit.
    Margins
Solar shutter controllerWhat the factory receives
  1. The board’s layers pulled apart: its printed text, its solder mask, then the copper of its top and bottom sides.
    Board files
  2. Where each part goes: a dot for every part on the top side, a ring for every part underneath.
    Parts and placement
  3. Your manufacturer

Already have a design? Start from it.

Bring a schematic or board from the tool you use, a maker’s reference design or just a parts list. Tinkered reads it, checks it and carries on from there.

  • KiCad
  • Altium
  • EasyEDA

Also Eagle and PADS boards, a maker’s schematic PDF, or a parts list.

Questions, answered.

What does Tinkered design for my board?

Everything the board needs. Describe what you want to build and Tinkered chooses real parts, draws the schematic and simulates it, lays out and routes the board, writes its firmware, checks the design against physics and prepares the files a factory needs to make it.

Are the parts real, and can I buy them?

Yes. Tinkered chooses from millions of real parts sold by the major distributors, and keeps only parts still in production. Every pin is matched to the part’s datasheet, and each part comes with its symbol, footprint and 3D model.

How do I know the board will work?

Tinkered checks it at every step. Design rules check the schematic as it is drawn, the circuit is simulated before a board exists, and the finished board is verified for heat, power, signals and tolerances, computed from the parts’ own datasheets. Nothing goes to the factory until every required check passes.

Which manufacturers can make my board?

Any of them. Tinkered writes the Gerbers, drill files, parts list and placement file in the formats JLCPCB, PCBWay, Elecrow, Seeed Studio and OSH Park ask for, and as standard files any other shop accepts.

Can I start from a design I already have?

Yes. Bring a schematic or board from KiCad, Altium, Eagle, PADS or EasyEDA, a maker’s schematic PDF, or a parts list. Tinkered reads it, checks it and carries on from there.

Does Tinkered write the firmware too?

Yes. Tinkered writes the code from the board’s own pins and parts and compiles it for its microcontroller, from ESP32 and STM32 to RP2040 and AVR. You flash it to your board from the browser.

What will you design?