Protoboard 101: Design, Validate, and Ship Hardware Faster

Описание: Learn everything you need to know about Protoboard — the hardware validation and agentic engineering platform that helps you design, validate, and build prototypes faster than ever.

In this tutorial, we'll walk through the full Protoboard app from start to finish: navigating the canvas, building harness connections, running validation, managing your BOM, and using ProtoBot — our AI agent that helps you catch compatibility issues and design smarter hardware systems.

Whether you're a seasoned engineer or just getting started with hardware prototyping, this walkthrough has everything you need to hit the ground running.

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00:00 – Introduction
00:41 – Navigation and Tools
01:28 – App Header and Settings
02:30 – Canvas, Parts, and Harnesses
03:05 – Inspector, Configuring Parts
05:35 – Modifying Part Definitions
06:41 – Creating Harness Connections
07:56 – ProtoBot AI Agent
10:24 – Board Planning Tab
11:04 – Project Validation Menu
12:29 – Managing and Adding Parts
14:33 – Planning Pin Assignments
16:33 – Delete, Copy/Paste, Undo/Redo
17:27 – ProtoBot Fixing Issues
18:44 – Bill of Materials, Purchasing Project
21:49 – User Settings and Pro Plan
23:42 – Get Help and Submit Feedback

Protoboard is the fastest way to go from idea to validated hardware design. Stop catching errors at fab — catch them at your desk.