Terms of Service

These terms govern your use of BoardLab, the schematic and PCB review service at boardlab.it, operated by Michele Bigi (Italy). By creating an account or running an analysis you accept them. Questions: mikbigi@gmail.com.

What BoardLab does

BoardLab reads the design files you upload, collects datasheets for the parts you used and checks the design against them: power rails, pin usage, interface protocols, derating, layout rules and more. Each finding links back to the evidence it was based on so that you can verify it.

What BoardLab does not do

BoardLab is a review aid. Its findings are produced by automated analysis, including language models, and can be incomplete or wrong. It does not replace your own engineering judgement, a design review by qualified people, prototype testing or certification by an accredited lab. A "pass" from BoardLab is not a guarantee that a board works or complies with any standard.

You remain fully responsible for every design decision, for the boards you manufacture and for any product you place on the market.

Your account

• Give accurate details and keep your password private. Activity under your account is your responsibility.
• One person per account. Share projects with collaborators instead of sharing credentials.
• You must be old enough to enter a contract where you live.

Your files

You keep all rights to the designs and documents you upload. You give BoardLab the permission it needs to store, process and display them in order to provide the service — nothing more. Only upload files you are entitled to share for this purpose.

Do not upload material whose processing is restricted by export-control rules or by confidentiality obligations that forbid third-party processing.

Credits and payments

Some analyses consume credits. Prices and pack sizes are shown on the Credits page before you buy. Credits are tied to your account, cannot be transferred and may carry an expiry date shown in your wallet. When a run fails because of a fault on BoardLab's side, the credits it consumed are refunded to your wallet. Statutory consumer rights are not affected.

Acceptable use

Do not try to break, overload or bypass the security of the service, scrape it, resell access, or use it to process data you have no right to process. Accounts that do so may be suspended.

Availability and changes

BoardLab is offered as it is and may change, pause or stop features. Reasonable effort goes into keeping it available and your data safe, but uninterrupted service is not promised. These terms may be updated; the date above changes when they do, and continued use means you accept the new version.

Liability

To the extent the law allows, BoardLab and its operator are not liable for indirect or consequential damage, lost profit, or the cost of board re-spins arising from use of the service, and total liability is limited to the amount you paid in the twelve months before the claim. Nothing here limits liability that cannot be limited under Italian or EU law.

Law and disputes

These terms are governed by Italian law. Consumers keep the protection of the mandatory rules of the country where they live and may use the courts of their place of residence.