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DS2000-PCB (Mechanix97)ECADConfidence: Medium

DS2000-PCB quote for 5 boards was 70.67 dollars with a 17.17 dollar via surcharge plus forced 4-wire Kelvin test and TG155. The cause was nine 0.2 mm thermal vias in KiCad stock QFN-60 footprint under the RP2350A, plus 124 vias at 0.25 mm. Moving every via to 0.3 mm took the surcharge to 0, and they made a custom copy of the footprint for it.

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

Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Nov 1-2 2026 (Nov 1 8:41 AM ET through Nov 2 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-02: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.