News

All the latest news about Circuit Diagram. Read about new features, upcoming releases and more.

New Web Editor

March 26, 2018

The web-based version of Circuit Diagram has been redesigned and is now available to use. The new and improved features are:

Improved interface
Undo/redo functionality
More components
Larger document size
Improved property editing
More download options including PNG and SVG

You can share links to circuits, and publish them on the circuits section.

Get link will provide a link to your circuit without listing it in the circuits directory.

Publish will make your circuit available for others to view in the circuits section.

Share Circuit Diagrams

July 9, 2016

You can now share circuit diagrams from the web editor by clicking the share link in the top right-hand corner.

From here you can share a short link to the circuit. For example:

https://crcit.net/c/ea648c42

There is also an html snippet to embed the circuit in another web page.

Circuit Diagram Web Editor

June 9, 2016

Design circuit diagrams online in your browser using the new web editor.

The web editor can open and save circuit document files that are compatible with the desktop version of Circuit Diagram, and can export SVG images.

Start using the new web editor here.

Circuit Diagram 3.1 Released

August 17, 2015

This release adds a search feature to the toolbox to enable components to be found more quickly.

Open the search box by clicking the search symbol in the toolbox, or pressing the Q button on the keyboard.

Begin typing the name of the component you would like to use, and press Enter as soon as you see it. There is no need to type the entire component name.

Cancel and close the search box by pressing Esc on the keyboard.

Download Circuit Diagram 3.1 here.

Circuit Diagram 3.0 Released

August 7, 2015

New in this release:

New UI
Support for per-monitor DPI scaling on Windows 8.1+
Hi-DPI component icons
Faster start-up time
Export to XPS format
More pins for Integrated Circuit component
Custom text for Capacitor component
Choose update channel in 'About' dialog
Bug fixes

Download Circuit Diagram 3.0 here.

Online Component Editor

April 14, 2015

Create custom components for Circuit Diagram using the new online Component Editor.

Choose a component template as a starting point, then you can:

View a preview of the component
Quickly find and locate any syntax errors
Compile component binary format online
Choose an icon for each configuration

The component compiler website should make designing custom components much easier. Once finished, you can always upload them for others to use here.

Try it now at componenteditor.com.

Circuit Diagram 3.0 Alpha 2 Released

April 9, 2015

This is the second preview version of Circuit Diagram 3.0. Read more about the new features in 3.0 here.

New in 3.0 Alpha 2:

Faster start-up time
Improved per-monitor DPI scaling
Added missing hi-DPI icons
Choose update channel in 'About' dialog
Bug fixes

Download Circuit Diagram 3.0 Alpha 2 here.

Circuit Diagram 3.0 Alpha and GitHub

March 23, 2015

There are two exciting updates from Circuit Diagram today.

GitHub

The source code for Circuit Diagram is now available on GitHub. This is a mirror of the existing repository at CodePlex.

Bug tracking will now use the system on GitHub, so please post bug reports there.

Circuit Diagram 3.0 Alpha 1

This is the first preview release of the next version of Circuit Diagram, which has a brand new user interface:

New UI
Supports per-monitor DPI scaling on Windows 8.1
Hi-DPI component icons
More pins for Integrated Circuit component
Custom text for Capacitor component
Bug fixes

You can download Circuit Diagram 3.0 Alpha 1 now.

Circuit Diagram 2.1 Released

January 8, 2014

This update includes bug fixes as well as the following new features:

Integrated Circuit Component

It's now much easier to use any type of integrated circuit in your diagrams without having to create a custom component. The new Integrated Circuit allows you to represent circuits with up to 12 pins, by choosing the number of inputs/outputs and pin labels.

Properties Editor Scrolling

You can now scroll down to see the full list of properties available to change in the properties editor, for components with many options.

Component Format Updates

The format for components now supports more complex conditional statements, including both and, or and not operators, using a more intuitive syntax. There is now also the option to sign components using X.509 certificates, allowing users to verify that the component has not been modified since it was created by the author.

Please visit the downloads page to download this version.

Circuit Diagram 2.0 Released

August 5, 2013

This is the stable release of Circuit Diagram 2.0 - the improvements from 2.0 Beta 2 are mostly minor changes and bug fixes.

New in this release:

Choose document creator name in options dialog
Open components directory from components dialog

Bug fixes, including the following:

SVG relative paths exported incorrectly
Fixed size SVG export
SVG text alignment to use dy instead of alignment-baseline
CDDX components not being embedded or loaded correctly

Users upgrading from 1.3.1 will get many new features, including custom components, cut/copy/paste support, new file format and the option to show a grid in the editor.

Please visit the downloads page to download this version.