KiCAD-Prism (krishna-swaroop)ECADConfidence: Medium

Panels get made with KiKit outside the release tool, inspected in KiCad, and their settings and files managed separately from the revision and variant that produced them. The ask is to tie the panel to the release.

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

krishna-swaroop/KiCAD-Prism Issue #1118: [Feature]: Add KiKit-backed panelization for a selected kit board in Release Studio

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.