RideOnESP32 (ShaiMiz)FirmwareConfidence: Medium

SAFETY.md said a ride-on car must stop within 0.5 s of losing the radio, but the firmware never met it: 200 ms to declare the link lost plus 0.5 s to brake from full, about 0.72 s. The owner changed the requirement to 0.75 s instead of the firmware, and now a CI test asserts the 750 ms budget against config.h.

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

ShaiMiz/RideOnESP32 PR #70: Make the link-loss stop requirement 0.75 s to zero output

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.