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hive-hwde (Hive-RSI-Lab)ECADConfidence: Medium

On an i.MX6ULL board (0.8 mm pitch, 0.32 mm pads), via-in-pad escape routes 155 of 155 nets, then kicad-cli DRC rips 37. The fallback vias are held at the 0.45 mm fab floor so they bulge past the pads, the router's own stubs then pass 0.07 mm from them against a 0.125 mm rule, and they also hit decouplers on the bottom side. The rip leaves 150 to 170 dangling track stubs behind, and the router logged the problem and kept going.

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, 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.