The silkscreen moves to picoquorum.dev, while PR #115's case still engraves picoquorum.app. A KiCad update from 10.0.6 to 10.0.8 retagged fiducials and moved a pin-1 mark, so DRC now flags four footprints on main too.
Recurring agent failure issue in pico-quorum (jmcpheron)
What engineers report
A recurring agent failure problem in pico-quorum (jmcpheron) that mostly hits the electrical engineer.
Failure pattern: validation / failure
Analyst note
From the Grok pain-radar digests, Nov 8-9 2026 (Nov 8 8:41 AM ET through Nov 9 6:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-09: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.
What it costs a team
Modeled annual cost
$30,000
For a team of 5
Prototype delay
3 days
Modeled schedule slip per occurrence
Time lost
240 min
Per engineer per month, about 1 incidents
How the cost is modeled
240 min/month × 5 engineers × 12 months = 240 hours × $125/hour = $30,000
A modeled estimate with medium confidence. Swap in your own team size and loaded rate to size it for your team.
Engineering tools that address it
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Evidence
More recurring errors in pico-quorum (jmcpheron)
- 5 V on the key port's VBUS reached 3V3 through SBU at about 11 mA, enough to half-power the board when off, and the design doc misstated the AMS1117 capacitor requirement, datasheet says 22 uF tantalum.ECAD · impact 74
- DESIGN.md wrongly said U5 blocks 5 V on the plug's VBUS, but the AP22653 only blocks reverse current while disabled, and when enabled it limits reverse current to 0.32 A typical, so the fix adds a Schottky diode D5.ECAD · impact 66
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