Upverter
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electronic design automation software |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Products | Electronic circuit design platform, schematic editing, PCB layout design, bills of materials, Gerber file generation, 3D visualizations |
| Parent | Altium (since August 2017) |
Upverter is an online platform for electronic circuit design that allows hardware engineers to create, collaborate on, and evaluate schematics and printed circuit boards (PCBs). It provides functionalities for schematic editing, PCB layout design, and the production of bills of materials, Gerber files, as well as 3D visualizations. The service is available at no cost for open-source initiatives.
History
Upverter originated within the Y Combinator startup accelerator program in 2011. In September 2013, SparkFun Electronics introduced their open-source design repository on this platform.
In March 2014, the company raised $2.3 million in seed capital. By August of the same year, Upverter had surpassed 20,000 users registered on its platform.
Upverter and Altium
Altium acquired Upverter in August 2017, subsequently offering it as a free-to-use solution. On May 14, 2018, Altium revealed plans to integrate CircuitMaker, its complimentary design tool aimed at makers, with Upverter—where CircuitMaker would function as the desktop application for offline work and Upverter.com would serve as the browser-based editor with community-driven content. Nevertheless, on May 11, 2019, Altium COO Ted Pawela clarified that these products would remain distinct but enable interoperability for design file exchange.
Features
Upverter presents a unified environment for schematic capture, PCB layout design, version control, issue tracking, and collaborative design review. It supports importing files from Eagle, Altium Designer, and OrCAD. The platform includes collaboration tools alongside an extensive parts library featuring a component validation service introduced in August 2015.
Awards
In November 2014, Upverter was recognized by PwC as one of Canada's Top 10 Emerging Technology Companies. Earlier, in 2013, it was listed among the Top 20 Most Innovative Companies by the Canadian Innovation Exchange and received the 2013 PCB Design Tools award from DesignVision.