Silinx-ISE (pmnmalo)ECADConfidence: Medium

A bus tap drawn the wrong way round turned a counter's 8-bit Q bus into a 1-bit wire, and the error blamed width mismatch and two drivers instead of the tap.

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

pmnmalo/Silinx-ISE PR #1708: Schematic: a bus tap the wrong way round keeps the bus a bus; its O not connected, an error on the tap (Fixes #1702)

github.com

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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.