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pd1180-epr (techmannih)ECADConfidence: Medium

After a move to RP2040 and WAGO terminals, the assembler-facing release still had STM32 programming steps, JST harness instructions, obsolete mounting notes and the old via count. The fitted design is 237 top-side parts and 27 filled and capped via-in-pad spots. The author's own line is the finding: "Integrity hashes alone could not catch these internally consistent but obsolete instructions." They added semantic release checks for stale counts, programming targets, harness steps and mistyped JLC codes. The KiCad board itself didn't change.

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, Nov 2 2026 (Nov 2 8:41 AM ET through Nov 2 10:41 PM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-03: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.