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circuit-json-to-kicad (tscircuit)ECADConfidence: Medium

Authored per-net trace widths did not survive export to a KiCad project: on an RP2040 BLDC controller, 16 nets lost their 0.3 mm, 1 mm, and 2 mm widths once the project was edited in KiCad.

Impact Analysis

Persona
Electrical Engineer
Team Size Impact
5x Multiplier
Prototype Delay
3 Days
Est. Annual Cost
$30,000
  • 1 user · 1 month240 min
  • Rest of team960 min
  • Rest of year13,200 min

monthly_minutes × 12 × team_multiplier ÷ 60 × $75/hr = $30k/yr

$75/hr assumed rate.

Annual team-minutes decomposed from the reported monthly inputs.

Evidence & Sources

1 Sources
tscircuit/circuit-json-to-kicad PR #773: fix: preserve source net trace widths in KiCad projects
github.com
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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 27-28 2026 (Oct 27 8:41 AM ET through Oct 28 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-10-28: issue/PR/thread read; title and state confirmed.