Getting Started in 5 Minutes

Sign up, upload your first BOM, and see your risk picture — all without a credit card.

TekPulse turns a Bill of Materials into a live risk picture across five dimensions: regulatory, market, technical, geopolitical, and environmental. You upload a CSV or Excel file with part numbers and manufacturers, and within minutes you see which components are critical, which are at risk, and exactly where in your supply chain the exposure sits.

This guide takes you from signup to your first assessment in under five minutes.

Step 1 — Create your account

  1. Go to tekpulse.org and click "Start for free" in the top right.
  2. Enter a work email and password (minimum 8 characters).
  3. Confirm your email address using the link we send. The link is valid for 24 hours.
  4. On first sign-in you will be asked for a company name and country. Both are required so risk scores can apply jurisdiction-specific rules (e.g., US Section 301 tariffs, EU REACH obligations).

No credit card is required for the free tier. You get up to 100 components per BOM and a full regulatory risk assessment — RoHS 2, REACH SVHC, and EOL/NRND flags. Paid plans add market, geopolitical, technical, and environmental dimensions.

Step 2 — Prepare your BOM file

TekPulse accepts CSV and Excel (.xlsx) files. The only two columns we strictly require are:

MPN
Manufacturer Part Number — the unique identifier used by the manufacturer.
Manufacturer
Manufacturer name, e.g. "Murata", "STMicroelectronics", "Infineon".

Optional columns we recognise: Quantity, Reference Designator, Description, Package, Lifecycle. Column names are case-insensitive and we accept common aliases (e.g., "Part Number" → MPN, "Mfg" → Manufacturer).

Don't have a BOM ready? Download our sample file from the upload page — it includes 28 real components from a typical IoT board so you can see TekPulse in action immediately.

Step 3 — Upload and assess

  1. Click "BOMs" in the left sidebar, then "Upload BOM" at the top right.
  2. Drag your file into the drop zone, or click to browse.
  3. Give it a name (e.g. "Main board v1.2") and version tag.
  4. Click "Assess now". The risk engine takes 10–60 seconds depending on BOM size.

Step 4 — Read the results

When assessment finishes, you land on the BOM detail page. The top strip shows totals: how many components are CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM, and LOW risk. The Supplier Concentration panel below warns about over-reliance on any single country (wafer fab, assembly, final test). Click any row in the components table to see the full risk breakdown for a single part.

Next: understand the 5 risk dimensions →