DECODE · PCB cost + DFX reports

Understand PCB costs and constraints in minutes.

Our tools automatically decode complex design file packages so that OEM engineers can optimize for manufacturing, EMS teams can quote in hours instead of days, and PCB fabricators can price every stackup with confidence. Then ask the built-in assistant anything an expert would know.

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01 · Cost

Cost, beyond any quote.

Every report itemizes each cost driver, line by line. Faster than a human and far more detailed than the single number a quote gives you. Cost becomes a design variable, not a verdict.

DECODE bill of materials: surface-mount parts priced line by line, with the BMX160 IMU at $23,771 of the order

02 · Iterate

Report. Refine. Repeat.

Reports are fast and cheap enough to run on every revision. Cut a cost driver, run it again, ship a production-optimized design.

Unit price by quantity chart drawn by the DECODE assistant after re-pricing the board at 50, 150 and 500 units

03 · DFM

DFM, without the wait.

The same depth of review an engineer would give, in minutes instead of days. Every advisory is tied to the exact feature and layer that triggered it.

DECODE DFM finding: mask spacing pad to pad, pinpointed on the top solder mask with severity, reference, layer, location and a suggested fix

04 · Ask

Ask it something only an expert would know.

Every report comes with an assistant that has read the whole package. Ask why a line costs what it does, which part to second-source, or what changes at qty 500. It answers from the analyzed data, and it can change the quantity and re-run the analysis for you.

DECODE assistant answering "Why is the BMX160 so expensive?" after reading the BOM and checking live part offers
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Use DECODE wherever your work happens.

Every feature above is DECODE. Run it in the browser, wire it into your AI tools, or build it into your own systems.

Who it serves

Useful to everyone who touches a board.

OEM

Optimize the design before the quote stage. Find the expensive decisions while they're still cheap to change.

EMS

Answer RFQs in hours, not days, with scrubbed BOMs, sourcing intel, and costing you can defend line by line.

Fabricator

Price every job consistently without tying up engineering on quote review.

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