The fastest way from idea to manufactured printed circuit board.
Circuit boards are in everything. Every phone, every medical device, every robot. But designing them still takes weeks of manual engineering and thousands of dollars - even for straightforward boards. As robotics, autonomous systems, and physical AI expand rapidly, the demand for faster hardware development workflows has climbed sharply - and the 30-year-old tools cannot keep up.
Trace sits at the design layer for modern hardware teams. It handles the full PCB workflow so they don't have to. From concept through block diagram, schematic capture, datasheet parsing, component selection, placement, layout, routing, DRC, and Gerber export. Import your enclosure (DXF/STEP) to keep board and case aligned. You define what to build - AI agents handle how.
Language + Graphical Reasoning
Describe what you want to build. Components, connections, constraints. Our language + graphical reasoning model understands hardware workflows in context, converts your description into circuit block diagram.
Component Selection
No more context switching. Trace agents parse datasheets, suggest components, and check real-time availability from JLCPCB, LCSC, DigiKey, Mouser, Texas Instruments, Amazon, and Nexar/Octopart. Works for pros and hobbyists alike - filter by SMT, through-hole, or hand-solderable.
Fast Edits & Suggestions
Automated placement on multi-layer boards and routing with fast edits and layout suggestions. Our Trace Block format abstracts away low-level complexity, so we can optimize across your entire project.
Ready to Fabricate
Import existing KiCad designs for AI-powered review. Catch issues early before costly board spins. Export clean Gerbers, BOM, and assembly docs with DFM validation. Direct fab house integration. Send to your fab house (or our partner fab houses) in one click.
See how Trace's AI agents handle the entire PCB design workflow, from concept to Gerber export, in real-time.
Wearables, smart home devices, sensors. Fast iteration cycles for connected products that need to ship quickly.
We know you have questions. Here's what hardware teams ask us most.
Trace supports up to 32-layer PCBs with intelligent layer stackup recommendations. Our AI understands impedance requirements, power plane placement, and signal integrity constraints. It automatically routes high-speed differential pairs, manages via stitching, and optimizes copper pours for thermal and EMI performance.
From YC-backed robotics startups to Berkeley professors, hardware security firms, RF engineers, defense contractors, and teams building wearables — Trace is already shipping real boards.
“I spent over 5 hours to build our current version PCB and it's so satisfying to see someone building an automated pipeline to make PCB boards. This thing is literally saving us time on small board revisions and component swaps.”
“Actively using Trace to design a fully functional 8-layer HDI PCB for our sports wearable — multi-sensor, ~190 components, 40x25mm. An incredible test case for the platform.”
“Hardware has finally got its needed attention. Trace completes the workflow - an AI development point for product and a platform that helps build it.”
“I want to say 'use this chip' and boom — all supporting components, decoupling, JTAG breakout added automatically. If Trace can infer what you need from the topology and flag design mistakes, that's a massive win for any hardware engineer.”
“It is an outstanding product.”
“I've had a great experience with Trace. I'm preparing a KiCad usage manual for an open-source student community at Marmara University, and I find Trace to be a highly practical AI-assisted tool that not only helps with design tasks but also explains the reasoning behind them, while its Turkish language support makes it even more accessible for students.”
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