Welcome to Protoboard

Your prototype shouldn't start with smoke. Protoboard is your pre-flight check.

Protoboard is a hardware validation platform by Delta Robotics Inc. You pick parts, it models them as ProtoParts with real interfaces and resources, and it validates the connections (electrical, mechanical, thermal, pneumatic, and network) before you order anything. Flagged risks, adapter suggestions, and a buy-with-confidence parts list, instead of learning by releasing the magic smoke.

Validate before you Fabricate.

Open Protoboard

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Quickstart

Build and validate your first board in under 10 minutes.

Core Workflow

The Build, Validate, Fix, Ship loop that every project follows.

User Guide

Projects, the canvas, parts, connections, DRC, BOM, and sharing.

ProtoBot

The built-in AI assistant that searches, wires, and validates for you.

Agent Bridge (MCP)

Connect Claude Code, Codex, or any MCP agent to your live board.

Tutorials

Step-by-step builds, from blank parts to a full motor control chain.

Reference

The ProtoPart schema, interfaces, rulesets, and error codes.

FAQ & Help

Quick answers, troubleshooting, known limitations, and the changelog.

How compatibility works

Compatibility = same interface intent + matching attributes + a valid resource assignment. The validator pairs interfaces, checks hard limits (voltage, current, timing, fit), and proposes an assignment. If intent matches but attributes don't, it suggests minimal adapters. Full detail: Interfaces and Harnesses.

Add parts even if specs feel hazy; the engine tells you what's missing. Prefer defined interfaces over ad-hoc wiring. Fail in software, not in hardware.