PCB Auto Layout
Worked for 34 mins 27 sec
The first fixed-placement routing pass completed 29 connections without disturbing the neckdowns or components, but 149 airwires remain in congested U1/U4 regions. I’m verifying the applied copper, then I’ll run one focused cleanup pass on the remaining routes rather than discarding valid work.
Worked for 31 mins 1 sec
The cleanup pass reduced the board to 135 airwires while keeping all valid copper, all neckdowns, and every component position unchanged. I’m running the final independent DRC/geometry check now; any remaining items will be reported as fixed-placement blockers rather than forced into invalid copper.
Thought for 1 sec
Final acceptance checks are in progress; placement remains untouched and no invalid forced routes will be retained.
Worked for 4 mins 4 sec
Created 25 verified 0.10 mm U4 neckdowns first, then added 77 ordinary trace segments across four layers; all 91 components remained exactly fixed, with no routing-created shorts, dangling traces, or invalid-layer copper.
- Open: 135 airwires remain due to U1/U4 via-field congestion and blocked header fanout; the board is not fabrication-ready.
- Next: Permit targeted component adjustments, increase board/layer capacity, or use HDI microvias to complete routing.
Fix placement and reroute
Use HDI microvias
Create blocker report
Fix J3 overlaps
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DRC Violation Summary
Review timestamp: 2026-06-29T22:12:28.982Z
Summary by severity/status
Table
| Severity / Status | Count | Review area |
|---|---|---|
| Error | 142 | Airwires |
| Error | 8 | Overlapping Copper |
| Error | 1 | Project Documentation |
| Warning | 6 | Dangling Traces |
Total reported checks: 157 issues: 151 errors, 6 warnings.
Errors
Airwires — 142 errors
These report missing routed traces between pads in a net. The full tool output contains individual endpoints/Uids; the repeated affected names include:
- Header/pin style endpoints: P1, P2, Pin_1, Pin_2, Pin_4, Pin_5, Pin_6, Pin_7, Pin_9, Pin_10, Pin_11, Pin_12, Pin_14, Pin_15, Pin_16, Pin_17, Pin_19, Pin_20
- Power nets: BT_PAVDD, SR_VBAT5V, LDO_VBAT5V, WLRF_PA_VDD, VOUT_3P3, VDDC, BTFM_PLL_VDD, FM_RF_VDD, BT_VCO_VDD, DVDD, IOVDD, VREG_VIN, SR_PVSS, WLRF_XTAL_VDD1P2, LDO_VDD15V
- RF / control / data nets: WLRF_2G_RF, SDIO_CMD, SDIO_DATA_3, WL_REG_ON, BT_REG_ON, CLK, DI_(IO0), DO_(IO1), ~WP_(IO2),
HOLD_OR_/RESET_(IO3), ~CS, PS/SYNC, WLRF_XTAL_XON, SR_VLX, VIN - Fill/cluster items also appear in airwire checks: 72840c97, e0d707f2, and several
.spill.fillUIDs.
Overlapping Copper — 8 errors
All 8 overlapping-copper errors are associated with component/UID prefix
f6c3b046, including two named SHIELD and six named f6c3b046. These indicate copper elements that are shorting/overlapping around that footprint or associated copper objects.Project Documentation — 1 error
- Project has no documentation. Add a project document to capture design decisions, requirements, and specifications.
Warnings
Dangling Traces — 6 warnings
All 6 dangling-trace warnings are named
Trace neck and point to generated neckdown trace skeleton objects:neckdown-trace-skeleton-39b3dcb7-...— 2 UIDsneckdown-trace-skeleton-72840c97-...cluster...— 20 UIDsneckdown-trace-skeleton-7a50a142-...— 3 UIDsneckdown-trace-skeleton-d39e0fa6-...— 1 UIDneckdown-trace-skeleton-d70ae1f6-...— 2 UIDsneckdown-trace-skeleton-e0d707f2-...cluster...— 1 UID
Interpretation
The blocking DRC issues are primarily incomplete routing: 142 airwire errors. Next priority is the 8 overlapping-copper errors around
f6c3b046/SHIELD, then the 6 dangling generated neckdown trace skeleton warnings.Summary by severity/status
Errors
Airwires — 142 errors
Overlapping Copper — 8 errors
Project Documentation — 1 error
Warnings
Dangling Traces — 6 warnings
Interpretation
