KiCadRoutingTools (drandyhaas)ECADConfidence: Medium

Seven agent placement attempts on the 465-part TimIQ RF board produced six bolted-on workarounds, and even the first legal placement left 39 unrouted and 49 broken nets with power in the middle of the RF area.

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

drandyhaas/KiCadRoutingTools Issue #1457: TimIQ RF placement trial: what worked, what didn't, and what we probably got wrong

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 27-28 2026 (Oct 27 8:41 AM ET through Oct 28 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-10-28: issue/PR/thread read; title and state confirmed.