Code-SDR (iamdarshg)ECADConfidence: Medium

A fabrication candidate SDR board fails a fresh kicad-cli DRC with 391 violations: 199 footprint-library mismatches, 116 dangling vias and 76 dangling tracks. The same run reports zero unconnected items, which the author says proves nothing about routing. The ask is to gate fab export on a passing DRC receipt for the exact board hash and stop errors being masked by continue-on-error or || true.

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

iamdarshg/Code-SDR Issue #68: P0: V2 fabrication DRC fails with 391 violations (dangling copper and footprint mismatches)

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 31-Nov 1 2026 (Oct 31 9:41 PM ET through Nov 1 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch overnight edition). Verified live 2026-11-01: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.