spicebridge (clanker-lover)ECADConfidence: Medium

With a small Sallen-Key netlist, the SPICE-to-KiCad exporter produced a malformed .kicad_sch (unclosed polyline, wrong pin/instance order, netlist comments parsed as components); the fix PR found seven more defects after load, including pins snapped to the wrong grid, wrong rotation direction, GND symbols 2.54 mm off their pins, SPICE node order sent to the wrong pins, and L-shaped wires shorting nets.

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

clanker-lover/spicebridge Issue #5: export_kicad produces malformed .kicad_sch: unclosed polyline in lib_symbols, wrong pin/instances order, pin_names in instances, netlist comments parsed as components

github.com

→

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.