Getting started

Quickstart

Design your first circuit board in five minutes, view it in 2D and 3D, build a parts list, and export a 3D-printable enclosure.

This walkthrough takes you from an empty project to a real board, a parts list, and a printable enclosure. It takes about five minutes.

1. Create a project

Open Morbium and create a new project, or open an existing folder. A project is just a folder on your machine where Morbium keeps your designs and files.

In the composer at the bottom, you will see the model selector set to Morbium Auto. That is the built-in model, ready to use with no setup. Leave it as is for now.

2. Describe a board

Type what you want to build and send it. For example:

Design a small board for a 2 button macropad with a USB-C connector.

Morbium hands this to its board designer. It writes the board, checks it for errors, and fixes any problems on its own. You will see it work step by step.

3. View the board

When the board is ready, a PCB tab appears in the workspace panel on the right and opens automatically. You can switch between a flat 2D view and a 3D view, and pan and zoom to inspect it. If you design more than one board, a switcher lets you pick which one to view.

Ask for changes in plain language and the board updates in place:

Move the buttons closer together and add mounting holes in the corners.

4. Build a parts list

Ask Morbium to list the parts:

Generate a bill of materials for this board.

A BOM tab appears with every component, its quantity, and its footprint. To price the parts and check stock for where you are, use the Source button or ask:

Source these parts for India.

See Bill of materials and sourcing for more.

5. Add firmware

If your board has a microcontroller, ask for firmware. Morbium reads the board's pinout so the code matches the hardware:

Write firmware for this macropad that sends keystrokes over USB.

6. Design an enclosure

Ask for a case. Morbium reads the real board dimensions so the enclosure fits:

Design a 3D-printable enclosure for this board.

A Fabricate tab appears with the 3D model. When you are happy with it, export it to STL from the viewer and send it to your slicer or printer. See 3D models and enclosures.

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