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si-eda (srinivasan-fh)ECADConfidence: Medium

Designing a full 230 VAC off-line supply through the MCP tools surfaced nine bugs: placement ignored mains and HV net-class clearances, the router double-counted class extras so mains nets could not route, a 2.5 mm track crossed a THT pad, DIP and header packages ignored pitch above 2.54 mm giving the wrong land pattern, and thermal analysis sent every watt into the board.

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 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.