Adom Custom Electronic Load

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # AI Flow run: codex on board-0 -**Running**: step `thermal-vias`, 339.4 min of AI time since the prompt (2659.3 min on the wall clock). This page updates at every step change.+**Running**: step `placement`, 433.9 min of AI time since the prompt (2753.8 min on the wall clock). This page updates at every step change.  Prompt at 2026-10-07T17:49:14Z (UTC). Flow: board. Every number here is from the run's append-only ledger (run.jsonl). AI time is the time the AI was working on a prompt: from the human's prompt to the AI's done, with any gap over 15 min where no command ran (unobserved, not proven idle) cut out. @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ One row per human prompt: the AI's time on it, unobserved gaps excluded by the h | 6 | 2026-10-09T10:28:54Z | (open) | 13.9 | 35 | Continue electronic-load engineering through AIFlow, with real dashboard progress and clip | | 7 | 2026-10-09T11:18:03Z | (open) | 4.6 | 69 | Keep going on AIFlow: continue electronic-load engineering and recorded board work. | | 8 | 2026-10-09T12:31:28Z | (open) | 24.5 | 31 | Resume the electronic load through all AIFlow design gates after dashboard corrections; co |-| 9 | 2026-10-09T13:26:48Z | (open) | 41.7 | 0 | Continue original electronic-load objective. Compact 5 W prototype is the working basis fr |-| **all** | | | **339.4** | | |+| 9 | 2026-10-09T13:26:48Z | (open) | 136.2 | 0 | Continue original electronic-load objective. Compact 5 W prototype is the working basis fr |+| **all** | | | **433.9** | | |  ## Per step @@ -28,22 +28,23 @@ AI time only, the idle cut out. | Step | AI min | AI thinking min | Tool min | Turns | Visits | Returns | Longest think | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | intake | 2.6 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 min |-| placement | 7.6 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0.0 min |+| placement | 7.6 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0.0 min | | routing | 46.6 | 0.0 | 46.6 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 0.0 min | | components | 11.9 | 0.0 | 11.9 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 min | | design | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 min | | libraries | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 min | | models | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 min |-| rules | 261.4 | 0.0 | 261.4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 min |+| rules | 341.2 | 0.0 | 341.2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 min | | test-plan | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 min |-| thermal-vias | 4.8 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 min |-| **total** | **339.4** | **0.3** | **339.1** | | | | |+| thermal-vias | 19.5 | 0.0 | 19.5 | 120 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 min |+| **total** | **433.9** | **0.3** | **433.6** | | | | |  ## Returns to earlier steps  - 2026-10-08T14:37:07Z back to **placement** (visit 2): Compact BOOST_SW loop and orient precision sense pins toward the shunt before routing - 2026-10-09T12:52:33Z back to **routing** (visit 3): Adopt and recheck native USB layout and zero-ohm link revision before remaining thermal and fabrication stages - 2026-10-09T13:52:38Z back to **placement** (visit 3): Make room for offset cooling while preserving probe access: relocate TP4, TP8 and fan connector after isolated native zero-error zero-open gate+- 2026-10-09T15:42:59Z back to **placement** (visit 4): Rotate D1 and reroute power paths after native DRC and paired current review; one shunt constriction remains unresolved  ## Decisions along the way @@ -68,12 +69,13 @@ AI time only, the idle cut out. - 2026-10-09T14:03:16Z capture-stop - 2026-10-09T14:07:44Z clip-start:routing-4 - 2026-10-09T14:08:29Z clip-start:thermal-vias-3+- 2026-10-09T14:14:53Z capture-stop+- 2026-10-09T14:15:14Z capture-start+- 2026-10-09T14:15:56Z capture-stop+- 2026-10-09T15:43:01Z clip-start:placement-4  ## Where the board stands -- routing: 0 unrouted after null passes-- gate: 0 new DRC errors, 0 unconnected, null inherited-- landed live: 0 of 0 route entries  ## The steps on camera @@ -293,22 +295,40 @@ What this step does: route to 100 percent with the spec's rules, gate with KiCad  What this step does: Heatsink vias where the heat is: for every part that dissipates real power (the regulator, the inductor, the catch diode, the FETs), an array of vias in its thermal pad or the copper it dumps heat into, stitched to the ground or the plane on the other side, sized and counted from its dissipation; the AI reviews the plan and the binary lands it. -**Clip: thermal-vias, visit 3, still recording (started 2026-10-09T14:08:29Z); it appears here when the step ends.**+**Clip: thermal-vias, visit 3, the PCB editor from 2026-10-09T14:08:29Z to 2026-10-09T14:14:53Z. Motion only: 6.4 min of real time, 1 s of it had something moving; the clock in the corner is the real elapsed time.**++<video width="100%" controls><source src="/blob/app/adom-custom-electronic-load/docs/runs/board-codex-20261007-1749/thermal-vias-3.mp4" type="video/mp4"></video>++**Contact sheet: nine frames spread through the thermal-vias, visit 3 clip, what the camera saw.**++![nine frames of thermal-vias, visit 3](/blob/app/adom-custom-electronic-load/docs/runs/board-codex-20261007-1749/thermal-vias-3-sheet.png)  **Screenshot: the board when thermal-vias, visit 3 began.**  ![the board when thermal-vias, visit 3 began](/blob/app/adom-custom-electronic-load/docs/runs/board-codex-20261007-1749/shot-thermal-vias-3-start.png) +### placement, visit 4 (rework)++What this step does: place the parts for routability, current and heat; the binary packs, checks courtyards and lands moves; reserve visible space for connector labels and the two-sided service silkscreen; the switch-node check refuses switch copper under another part or a switch loop longer than the spec allows, and sends the AI back here++Why the AI came back here: Rotate D1 and reroute power paths after native DRC and paired current review; one shunt constriction remains unresolved++**Clip: placement, visit 4 (rework), still recording (started 2026-10-09T15:43:01Z); it appears here when the step ends.**++**Screenshot: the board when placement, visit 4 (rework) began.**++![the board when placement, visit 4 (rework) began](/blob/app/adom-custom-electronic-load/docs/runs/board-codex-20261007-1749/shot-placement-4-start.png)+ ## Plan usage, the second cost line  Percent of each plan limit used, as the provider reports it, at the start of the run and at its end.  | Provider | Limit | At start | At end | Used by this run | |---|---|---|---|---|-| claude | 5h | 17 % | 12 % | -5.0 % |+| claude | 5h | 17 % | 0 % | -17.0 % | | claude | Fable | 0 % | 3 % | 3.0 % |-| claude | week | 54 % | 68 % | 14.0 % |-| codex | week | 2 % | 26 % | 24.0 % |+| claude | week | 54 % | 69 % | 15.0 % |+| codex | week | 2 % | 30 % | 28.0 % |  *The limits are per account, not per run: every AI thread signed in as this user draws on the same numbers, so a run made while other threads were working shows their usage too. Read it as an upper bound unless this run was the only thread active.*