A PCB review workbench for iPad, iPhone, and Mac

I’m part of the team building PCBAtlas, a PCB review workbench for iPad, iPhone, and Mac. We recently opened the public TestFlight beta, and I wanted to share it here because many Hackster projects eventually reach the same practical stage: someone has a board file, manufacturing data, a few revisions, and a need to explain what changed before ordering or sharing the design.

The problem we are working on is not very glamorous, but it shows up often in hardware projects. PCB review context tends to get scattered across EDA screenshots, Gerber viewers, exported PDFs, folder names, chat messages, and quick notes. PCBAtlas tries to bring that review context into one place so you can import board/manufacturing data, inspect the layout in 2D, keep revisions together, skim a board summary, and export something useful for a teammate, collaborator, or fabrication handoff.

Current beta features include:

• Import and library management for PCB design files and manufacturing data
• A 2D inspection view with object information, layer visibility, search, locate, and filtering
• Revision management under a single document
• 3D viewing for KiCad `.kicad_pcb` files
• KiCad project and schematic browsing, including search, selection, and locate flows
• A Data page with statistics, status, issue summary, and Quick Estimate / Revision Quote context
• Export from the 2D view as PNG/PDF, original source files, and supported converted formats

Where it fits best: PCBAtlas gives PCB review and handoff work a focused workspace around the existing board data. It is useful when you want to inspect a design away from the full EDA setup, organize revisions for a project, or produce review material that another person can actually open and understand.

For Hackster-style projects, I imagine it being most useful around bring-up, fabrication prep, design sharing, and documentation: checking a board before ordering, reviewing a KiCad project on an iPad, collecting the context for a collaborator, or exporting a clean screenshot/PDF for a project log.

Public beta access is free through TestFlight, including Beta Pro features available during the beta.

**Join the beta:** https://testflight.apple.com/join/k37Njgd9