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Checks as you work
Errors show up the moment you make them, not as a surprise when you finally remember the ERC button hidden in a menu.
// signal integrity · clearance · return paths · capacity
BRD NO. PB-001 · REV A · PCB DESIGN · v1.0.4
① Checked while you route② Pours live (or hidden, still checked)
Catch it now. Not at the fab.
PCBPA is PCB design software that checks your work while you draw it: schematic, layout, and the kind of analysis that usually costs extra. Up to 8 layers, no board-size limits, $49.99 once.
Ø 1 license · 3 machines · up to 8 layers · no size limit
① Checked while you route② Pours live (or hidden, still checked)
Mission
Your boards, your files, your computer.
Layers
Up to 8
Board size limit
None
Cloud storage
None
Find it before the fab does.
A board that comes back wrong costs weeks. PCBPA is full of analysis and visualizations built to catch the problem while it's still a few pixels.
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DC power simulation
Voltage drop across every load and the spots where current crowds, so you widen the right trace.
// mV drop · A/mm² · trace heating3
Thermal simulation
Watch the board heat up over time, including circuits that only run in bursts, and boards with active cooling.
// duty cycles · still air · fans4
EMI estimates
Every signal net ranked against the FCC Class B limit, so you know which loop to tighten before the test lab does.
// FCC Class B · margin per net5
Tell it a little, learn a lot
Mark what a net carries: power, or a common digital signal from a list. You don't have to, but even a little information lets the analysis tools start working.
// USB · I²C · SPI · UART · power rails6
SPICE & MCP
Export to SPICE for deeper analysis. And yes, you can plug PCBPA into an MCP if you like.
// SPICE export · MCP
Detail 1 · DC power
See where the current goes.
Pick a net and its loads. PCBPA maps voltage drop across the copper, flags where current density gets high, and estimates how warm the thinnest traces run.
- Drop at every load, in mV
- Current hotspots away from the pads
- IPC-2221 trace temperature estimates
More
Thermal, EMI, schematic, layout, 3D, stack-ups, parts…
Everything PCBPA does, one sheet at a time.
About fifty bucks. Once.
Pricing · one line item
$49.99
Once. A full year of updates included, installed only when you say so.
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Layersup to 8
Board size limitnone
Machines per key3
Updates included12 months
Works after thatforever
Cloud accountnone