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.

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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.

Top process drivers by impact

Panel fabrication$23.57
Gold fingers$16.50
Panel x-out allowance$6.49
Board thickness$5.19
Fabrication setup$2.37

Per-board cost at qty 150 · 49 line items itemized in the sample report, costed against the open-source OCP Time Card.

02 · Iterate

Report. Refine. Repeat.

A quote is one answer to one version of the design. Reports are fast and cheap enough to run on every revision: cut a cost driver, run it again, arrive at a production-optimized design. Impossible with human-turnaround quoting at any price.

rev AFirst pass, as designed$274.55
rev BStandard-thickness stackup$269.36−1.9%
rev CAccept panel x-outs$262.88−4.3%

Per-board price at qty 150; each delta is an itemized line in the sample report. Three reports, one afternoon, and the RFQ goes out already optimized.

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.

  • Advisory

    Solder-mask pad-to-pad spacing below 0.08 mm at 250 locations, worst 0.0143 mm on top mask

  • Advisory

    Same-net copper spacing below 0.1 mm at 8 locations on inner layer 3, worst 0.0936 mm

  • Pass

    No blocking fabrication errors: 282 advisories across five rules, zero errors

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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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When you need more than a report.

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