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signex (alplabai)ECADConfidence: Medium

ERC severities and the pin matrix live in a machine-wide prefs.json while the project file has no rule field, so two projects cannot have different rules and the same project gives different ERC results on another machine or in CI.

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
alplabai/signex Issue #1085: Project-scoped design rules: store ERC (and later DRC) rule sets in the .snxprj, seeded from portable rule profiles
github.com
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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digest, Oct 25-26 2026 (Oct 25 daytime to Oct 26 morning slots). Verified live 2026-10-26: issue/PR read on GitHub; title and state confirmed.