R&D and Production PCBs
Axal Makes it Easy

We assemble rush R&D boards in San Francisco in sub 48 hours. For production, we work with your existing contract manufacturers, and handle part sourcing, substitutions, and vendor back-and-forth.

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Tell us how many boards you need and when you need them.

We'll figure out how to get them made.

01 / Rush R&D

Need a few boards fast?

We make them at our shop in San Francisco.

We order the bare boards and parts right away. We'll usually place a JLC order as a fallback while we call U.S. fabs to see if anyone can get the boards to us faster. Once the boards and parts are here, we assemble runs under 5 boards in less than 48 hours.

Assembling a board at the Axal shop in San Francisco

02 / Production & Reorders

Ordering production boards?

We deal with the manufacturer for you.

We can order through JLC or work with whoever you already use. We place the orders, source the parts, deal with out-of-stock components and substitutions, answer manufacturer questions, follow up when something is late, and handle reorders.

If we actually need an engineering decision from you, we ask. Otherwise, we deal with it.

Your team contacts Axal. Axal handles fabrication, parts, assembly, and shipping.

Built in San Francisco.

We assemble and inspect R&D boards at our ESD-safe shop in San Francisco.
Founders Samai and Nand make each board themselves. They are IPC-7711, IPC-7721, and IPC-A-610 certified. We do inspection, cleaning, and X-ray.

Soldering a board at the Axal shop in San Francisco
Soldering station
Stencil printer and pick-and-place line at the Axal shop in San Francisco
Stencil + pick and place
Reflow oven at the Axal shop in San Francisco
Reflow oven
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Production & reorders

Your board already works. Your engineer shouldn't have to keep managing it.

Once you've ordered a board through Axal, we keep everything about that board. Next time you need 100 or 1,000 more, anyone on your team can just place the reorder in one click. We handle what comes up and only bring your engineer back in when we actually need an engineering decision.

01

A part is out of stock.

We find a replacement. If we need your engineer to approve it, we ask once and save the answer so we don't have to ask again next time.

02

The manufacturer needs something.

If JLC or your existing manufacturer has a question, something is missing, or the order is running late, we deal with them. We coordinate consigned parts, answer their questions, and follow up until it's resolved.

03

You need another 1,000 boards.

Anyone on your team can place the reorder in one click. If technical decisions come up we have context to continue the order without your engineer getting involved.

Ordering

Order however you want.

Upload your board on our site, order through your coding agent, use our API, or just send us an email.

01 Order online

Upload your board.

Upload your KiCad or Altium files, tell us how many you need and when you need them, and place the order.

The order page after uploading openPSU.kicad_pcb, with the top and bottom board previews and the price.
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02 MCP

Tell your agent.

Tell Claude or your coding agent what you need and have it order for you.

You

Order 5 of motor_controller Rev C from Axal.
I need them by Friday.

Claude

Checking board with Axal...
Checking BOM and component availability...
Getting manufacturing options...

5 boards
Assembly: San Francisco
Estimated delivery: Friday

Ready to place the order?

You

Yes

Claude

✓ Order placed.

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03 API

Building this into your own tools?

Use our API to place orders, check status, and reorder programmatically.

API Docs →

04 Email

Rather just send us the files?

Email your files and tell us what you need.

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Why Axal

Making boards should
be the easy part.

The next generation of drones, robots, medical devices, and hardware all start with PCBs. Somewhere along the way, getting those boards made became more complicated and transactional than it needs to be.

We're building Axal so you can have one team for your boards and work with us however you want. Call us, email us, order online, or let your software do it.

However you work, we'll get the boards made.

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