The reporter tested this open PCB impedance solver with a headless runner on unmodified source. Points inside conductors get permittivity 1, putting a thin air skin around every trace; a homogeneous stripline at 4.1 reads an effective permittivity of 3.88 on a 4 um grid and 3.71 on 8 um. Microstrip reads 1.7 to 4.9 percent low depending on Gauss contour distance, a 20 um solder mask case reads up to 10.8 percent high, and a trace under 0.1 mm of dielectric reads 7.9 percent high.

Recurring agent failure issue in RF2DFieldSolver (jankae)

RF2DFieldSolver (jankae)ECADAgent failureMedium confidence

What engineers report

A recurring agent failure problem in RF2DFieldSolver (jankae) that mostly hits the electrical engineer.

Failure pattern: validation / failure

Analyst note

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Nov 10-11 2026 (Nov 10 8:41 AM ET through Nov 11 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-11-11: 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

  1. 1jankae/RF2DFieldSolver Issue #8: Two interacting accuracy issues: εr = 1 inside conductors + C₀ from the dielectric solution (and why the air solve was removed?)github.com

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