60% PCB designer · 40% tool builder
I spend most of my time designing boards — which is why I build tools on the side.
When you hit the same pain point for the 100th time, you either complain or you fix it.
11+ years turning napkin sketches into production boards
68+ clients who trusted me with their hardware
4000+ hours of "let me fix that for you"
100% job success on Upwork (Top-Rated Plus)
🔋 BMS systems — that keep batteries happy (and safe)
⚡ Motor Controllers — that don't catch fire under load
📡 IoT Devices — that sleep at <10µA and wake up 2 years later still working
🔌 Wireless Chargers — Qi charging for Apple devices, packed tighter than I’d like to admit
🤖 Robotics — Power distribution boards with fault protection
🔧 Industrial Controller/sensors — that work in places I'd never want to visit
Started as an Assistant Professor teaching electrical engineering — turns out I learn better by building than by lecturing.
Did a Chief Minister Fellowship where I automated a water treatment plant for the Government of Maharashtra. Learned that deadlines in government are... flexible.
Now I'm a Top-Rated Plus freelancer on Upwork with 100% job success. Not because I'm perfect, but because I don't sleep until the design works.
Altium Designer KiCad EasyEDA LTspice
STM32 ESP32 nRF52 4G LTE BLE LoRa
- 🔭 KiNotes — Open-source, Local First Smart Notes live inside KiCad (Because I kept losing my design decisions in random text files.)
- 🧰 PCBtools.xyz — PCB resource hub (because the ecosystem is chaos) for hardware engineers who are tired of clunky workflows
- 🚀 More tools coming — built by someone who actually has to use them
- 🌱 I'm currently learning AI-assisted design workflows and building tools and missing links on PCBtools.xyz
- 👯 I'm looking to collaborate on open-source plugins and hardware engineering tools
- 🤔 I'm looking for help with new features to add inside KiNotes , spreading the word about KiNotes to the KiCad community
- 💬 Ask me about PCB design, BOM optimization, ultra-low power IoT, motor controllers, or why your design costs too much — or why I debug the human circuit the same way I debug boards (root cause first, patches later)
- 📫 How to reach me: pramil.wakchaure@gmail.com | pcbtools.xyz | Upwork
- ⚡ Fun fact: I route differential pairs for relaxation. Yes, I know that's weird. &&& - KiNotes exists because I lost the same design note three times in one week.
When I'm not staring at copper pours, you'll find me being a dad, husband, son, brother, and uncle — the circuits 👨👩👧 that actually keep me running. The roles that don't fit on a resume but matter most.
- 📚 Reading philosophy (the ancient wisdom that makes you question everything)
- 🌿 Bridging Ayurveda & modern medicine (debugging the human circuit) — same circuit, different debug tools
- ☕ Drinking too much chai
- 🧭 Care deeply about building things that last — not just electrically, but socially and ethically too
If you're building something interesting — or just want to argue about via stitching — reach out.
📧 pramil.wakchaure@gmail.com
🌐 pcbtools.xyz
💼 Upwork
"The projects that succeeded weren't the cleverest designs. They were the ones with clear notes."