Buyers of board design data

PCB archives licensing for training: who asks and what they want

Few organizations publish a page asking for electronics design files. These are the ones we read and what each says it takes.

Ask about my PCB archive Most of the PCB vendors we read say the designs stay yours, but 7 keep a right over aggregated data. Tell us which tools your projects sit in and we will write back about them.

The request that names PCB files

A posting on Freelancer sought a minimum of 100 PCB projects, editable source files preferred in KiCad, Altium or EasyEDA, with schematic and layout files, and asked sellers to confirm the projects were privately owned. It was closed when we read it.

Source: Freelancer, PCB Archives Licensing for AI Training

Programs that license from owners

Defined.ai invites businesses that own or process data into its partnership programs and lists scientific and technical content across science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Mercor licenses the data a business generates and says no data leaves your systems until you approve it.

Source: Who takes PCB and electronics design data for AI training

Marketplaces

Opendatabay, Datarade, AWS Data Exchange and Databricks Marketplace each let a provider list datasets for buyers. None of their pages we read names PCB files, so a seller describes the archive in its own listing.

Source: Who takes PCB and electronics design data for AI training

Describe your board archive

Most of the PCB vendors we read say the designs stay yours, but 7 keep a right over aggregated data. Tell us which tools your projects sit in and we will write back about them.

The archive

What kind of design work does the archive hold?

  • A person reads every archive enquiry
  • No EDA vendor or fab sees what you send
  • We never ask for a schematic or a Gerber file here

Sources

This site's own datasets, every figure quoted from its source and dated:

Find out what your board archive is worth licensing

Most of the PCB vendors we read say the designs stay yours, but 7 keep a right over aggregated data. Tell us which tools your projects sit in and we will write back about them.

Ask about my PCB archive