Tools

• While you can scratch up a schematic on any surface, there are basic tools that aid the process. The "old fashioned" tools are graphing paper and a sharpened pencil or fine point pen. The grids on graphing paper aid in organizing your schematic, making it uniform and easy to follow as the diagram grows in complexity. Also, there are a variety of computer-based circuit schematic creators, which make the process of building nested circuit diagrams, or complex circuits, easier to manage, share and collaborate.