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opendm40 (opendm40)FirmwareConfidence: Medium

An AI-filed bug: pipelined Bluetooth SCPI queries can overflow the 8 KiB TX ring and drop replies at 115200 baud, and it can't be reproduced in the emulator because its UART model has no baud timing, so both rings drain instantly.

Impact Analysis

Persona
Firmware 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
opendm40/opendm40 Issue #123: Bluetooth SCPI: pipelined block queries can overflow the 8 KiB TX ring (and >1 KiB of input the RX ring) on the device
github.com
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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 28-29 2026 (Oct 28 8:41 AM ET through Oct 29 early-morning Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-10-29: issue/PR read; title and state confirmed.