inspectAR provides an augmented reality platform specifically designed for electronics lab bench work, enabling users to interact with PCB designs through real-time AR overlays. This technology enhances productivity by over 30% by streamlining testing, debugging, and documentation processes, while improving collaboration among design teams.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Testing, debugging, and reworking printed circuit boards (PCBs) traditionally involves manually referencing schematics and documentation, leading to errors and inefficiencies. Coordinating engineering data across different CAD tools and teams further complicates the process, increasing design time and reducing quality assurance.
Solution
inspectAR provides an augmented reality (AR) platform that overlays real-time PCB design data onto the physical board, enabling users to interact directly with the design. The AR software streamlines testing, debugging, and rework by providing instant access to component information, net locations, and documentation. By unifying CAD tools and providing a live, interactive view of the PCB, inspectAR enhances team collaboration, reduces communication errors, and accelerates the entire PCB lifecycle.
Target Audience
inspectAR targets professional PCB designers, technicians, and engineers in small-to-mid businesses and large enterprises involved in electronics design, testing, and repair.
Features
- AR overlays for real-time component identification, net tracing, and test point location
- Search functionality to quickly locate components or nets using reference designators, MPNs, or component values
- Integrated documentation viewer for accessing datasheets, pinouts, and analysis data directly within the AR environment
- Save States feature to save and reuse groups of overlays for common tasks
- Project-wide commenting for collaborative annotation and feedback
- Integration with Allegro PCB Designer for executing step-by-step instructions and sending updates back to the design platform
- Ability to flip and mirror overlays to match the board's orientation