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placard (tocksin)ECADConfidence: Medium

A Panasonic cap went out of stock at Digi-Key, so two caps became one Rubycon part with a smaller footprint; schematic, BOM and bring-up doc were regenerated by Claude Code, but the board file was not touched, so someone still has to run 'Update PCB from Schematic' and reroute. The old value label said 10 V on a 25 V part.

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.