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OCuLink Riser for the Supermicro AIOM Slot
Public Unreviewedby John Lauer
Passive OCP NIC 3.0 SFF card that breaks a Supermicro AIOM slot's PCIe x16 into four OCuLink 4i ports (4 x4, Gen4): 6-layer, 85 ohm, length-matched, DRC-clean KiCad project with Gerbers, BOM and CPL.
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docs/runs/ocp-oculink-riser-claude-20261012-2119/README.md+27−6@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # AI Flow run: claude on board-0 -**Running**: step `routing`, 81.1 min of AI time since the prompt (305.9 min on the wall clock). This page updates at every step change.+**Running**: step `placement`, 84.0 min of AI time since the prompt (308.8 min on the wall clock). This page updates at every step change. Prompt at 2026-10-12T21:19:30Z (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. @@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ One row per human prompt: the AI's time on it, unobserved gaps excluded by the h | Session | Prompt at | Done at | AI time min | Unobserved gap min | What | |---|---|---|---|---|---|-| 1 | 2026-10-12T21:19:30Z | (open) | 81.0 | 225 | the first prompt |-| **all** | | | **81.1** | | |+| 1 | 2026-10-12T21:19:30Z | (open) | 84.0 | 225 | the first prompt |+| **all** | | | **84.0** | | | ## Per step @@ -20,18 +20,19 @@ AI time only, the idle cut out. | Step | AI min | AI thinking min | Tool min | Turns | Visits | Returns | Longest think | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | intake | 24.4 | 24.4 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23.9 min |-| placement | 17.0 | 7.7 | 9.3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5.7 min |-| routing | 6.7 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4.8 min |+| placement | 17.2 | 7.7 | 9.5 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5.7 min |+| routing | 9.4 | 6.7 | 2.7 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 4.8 min | | components | 10.8 | 7.5 | 3.3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 min | | libraries | 4.6 | 4.6 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.6 min | | models | 6.2 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 min | | rules | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 min | | test-plan | 11.0 | 9.2 | 1.8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9.1 min |-| **total** | **81.0** | **62.0** | **19.0** | | | | |+| **total** | **84.0** | **63.8** | **20.1** | | | | | ## Returns to earlier steps - 2026-10-13T02:20:49Z back to **placement** (visit 2): the JLC 6L gate needs the stock rule pack: OCuLink A1/A21 pads trimmed 0.15 mm clear of the peg NPTH, so J2-J5 get the new footprint+- 2026-10-13T02:28:02Z back to **placement** (visit 3): the start board carried pre-trim copper of the PERST# buses; rebuilt from the final routes so the live plan and the start board split cleanly ## Decisions along the way @@ -42,9 +43,11 @@ AI time only, the idle cut out. - 2026-10-13T02:15:23Z clip-start:routing-1 - 2026-10-13T02:21:06Z clip-start:placement-2 - 2026-10-13T02:25:19Z clip-start:routing-2+- 2026-10-13T02:28:13Z clip-start:placement-3 ## Where the board stands +- gate: 3 new DRC errors, 40 unconnected, null inherited ## The steps on camera @@ -136,12 +139,30 @@ Why the AI came back here: the JLC 6L gate needs the stock rule pack: OCuLink A1 What this step does: route to 100 percent with the spec's rules, gate with KiCad's DRC, land as undo steps; the AI takes it with take route=ai +**This clip filmed nothing usable: no frames. It is kept as evidence and left out of the video.**+ **Clip: routing, visit 2, still recording (started 2026-10-13T02:25:19Z); it appears here when the step ends.** **Screenshot: the board when routing, visit 2 began.**  +**Screenshot: the board when routing, visit 2 ended.**++++### placement, visit 3 (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: the start board carried pre-trim copper of the PERST# buses; rebuilt from the final routes so the live plan and the start board split cleanly++**Clip: placement, visit 3 (rework), still recording (started 2026-10-13T02:28:13Z); it appears here when the step ends.**++**Screenshot: the board when placement, visit 3 (rework) began.**+++ ## 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.
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