Your board is manufactured. BringUp gets it working.
Structured logbooks, first-power-on checklists, and engineering calculators built for the part of PCB work that happens after Gerbers ship — not another schematic tool.
Built by a Clemson Computer Engineering student, for the engineers, students, and hobbyists who bring boards to life.
Built for the people who actually touch the board
Learning by building
Every calculator includes an optional derivation — the formula, the substitution, and the standard or reference it’s based on — so you learn the why, not just the number.
Bring-up without the notebook
A structured logbook, first-power-on checklists, and BOM tracking with live pricing and stock data — built for the debugging that starts the moment your boards come back from the fab.
One workbench, not five tabs
Calculators, logbook, and parts data live in the same place, so a debug session doesn’t mean switching between a spreadsheet, a datasheet, and a sticky note.
Design tools stop at the Gerbers
Most PCB software — free or paid — is built for schematic capture and layout. That’s the pre-manufacture half of the job. The moment your boards come back from the fab, you’re on your own: a notebook for bring-up notes, a spreadsheet for the BOM, a browser tab for the datasheet. BringUp picks up exactly where design tools stop — it’s not trying to replace your EDA software, it’s covering the part that one doesn’t.
What’s actually in the workbench
9 engineering calculators
Trace width, current capacity, via thermal/current rating, voltage dividers, RC filters, op-amp gain, decoupling caps, controlled-impedance traces, LED resistors, and I2C pull-ups — built on published standards like IPC-2221 and IPC-2141, with the math shown for every result.
Bring-up logbook
Board revision tracking and structured log entries, so “what did I change since the last rev that broke” has an actual answer.
AI-powered similar-issue search
As you type a symptom, BringUp semantically searches every log entry across all your boards for issues that look like this one — and hands you the fix that already worked.
Web search for stuck symptoms
One click searches the open web for your exact symptom — each source tagged by type (manufacturer, standards body, Q&A forum, and more), plus a short summary of what likely fixed it, with a confidence level based on how closely the sources match.
Multi-collaborator boards
Invite teammates onto a board with a shareable link, then make each one an editor or a viewer, so a whole team can log bring-up progress on the same board together — or expose it read-only with a public link.
First-power-on checklists
Auto-generated checklists for the first time a board gets power, so nothing gets skipped under pressure.
BOM with live parts data
Import the BOM from your design tool and get Digi-Key and Mouser pricing, stock, and lifecycle status on demand — with risk flags for obsolete parts, out-of-stock lines, and price jumps before you order.
Quick reference
A pinboard of reference notes you actually reach for mid-debug, not buried three folders deep — with image attachments for the ones that need a picture.
In-app file previews
Schematics, Gerbers, and drill files live alongside images, Word docs, and spreadsheets — open and view any of them right in the browser, no downloading first.
Show your work
Every calculator can expand into the full derivation — formula, substitution, standard citation, and common mistakes.
Command palette
One shortcut (⌘/Ctrl+K) searches every board, log entry, BOM line, and reference note in the app — no digging through menus.
AI agent integration
Connect Claude or another MCP-compatible assistant directly to your boards and logs — ask it what changed, or have it file an entry for you.
Start your first logbook
Free to use. Calculators work without an account — sign up when you’re ready to save boards and BOMs.