Upverter is an

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system delivered in a web browser, which enables hardware engineers to design, share, and review

schematics A schematic, or schematic diagram, is a designed representation of the elements of a system using abstract, graphic symbols rather than realistic pictures. A schematic usually omits all details that are not relevant to the key information the sc ...

and

printed circuit board A printed circuit board (PCB; also printed wiring board or PWB) is a medium used in Electrical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering to connect electronic components to one another in a controlled manner. It takes the form of a L ...

s. It additionally features the ability to generate a

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, Gerber files, and a

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. Upverter provides web-based tools for editing schematic diagrams and for laying out printed-circuit boards. It does not require payment for open-source projects.

History

The company was incubated through

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's startup program in 2011. In September 2013,

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released their open source design library on the platform. In March 2014, the company announced it had raised $2.3 million in seed funding. As of August 2014, the company claimed to have over 20,000 registered users.

Upverter and Altium

In August 2017, Upverter was acquired by

Altium Altium Limited is an Australian multinational software company that provides electronic design automation software to engineers who design printed circuit boards. Founded as Protel Systems Pty Ltd in Australia in 1985, the company has regional ...

, and was offered as a free-to-use product. Altium announced on May 14, 2018 that

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, Altium's free maker-oriented design tool and associated web content, would become part of the Upverter product, with

forming the desktop client for offline editing, and Upverter.com forming both the browser based design editor along with content community and library. However, in a blog post on May 11, 2019, Altium

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Ted Pawela stated that the plans had evolved, and the products would remain separate, with interoperability features for the design files.

Features

Upverter is an integrated tool for schematic capture, PCB layout, as well as

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, issue management, and

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. It supports import from

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and

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file formats. The tool also includes collaboration features, and a comprehensive parts library. Since August 2015 the platform also includes a component verification service.

Awards

The company was recognized as Canada's Top 10 Up-and-Coming technology company by

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in November 2014, and Top 20 Hottest Innovative Company by the Canadian Innovation Exchange in 2013. Upverter was also selected as the 2013 PCB Design Tools Winner by DesignVision.

References

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History

Upverter and Altium

Features

Awards

See also

References