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electronics (cldmnky)ECADConfidence: Medium

Moving eight parts to the base-board bottom for single-sided JLC SMT meant freezing the pad positions and sides of every mating header, comparing all 39 mating pads against the previous build, and gating the built placement side against the exported CPL with negative tests.

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
cldmnky/electronics PR #4: Froemix: single-sided base-board SMT assembly
github.com
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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.