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kicad-tools (rjwalters)ECADConfidence: Medium

current-paths-audit (v0.25.0) marks a textbook Kelvin shunt tap (pad, short stub, via, sense IC pin) as ambiguous, while before the fix the INA181 taps joined force-bus copper 3 to 11 mm from the shunt, a real Kelvin error of roughly 10 to 30%, and the audit resolved all three paths through R9 without complaint; so the audit approved the broken board and flags the corrected one, and asks for a kelvin_taps spec field to declare intent.

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 28-29 2026 (Oct 28 8:41 AM ET through Oct 29 early-morning Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-10-29: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.