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Light up your creativity and speed up your workflow with our free, online circuit diagram maker. Use Canva Whiteboards to quickly design a circuit with your team.

Power up with our free circuit diagram maker

Get energized by the efficient diagramming tools on our circuit diagram builder. Whether you’re presenting a prototype or working on a school project, Canva Whiteboards is easily adaptable to any application. Start with a blank whiteboard and build your diagram with automatic connectors and circuit diagram symbols from our massive icon library.

How to make a circuit diagram

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Launch Canva

Open Canva on your browser or app to access the circuit diagram maker. Start with a blank whiteboard.

Add circuit diagram symbols

Search for circuit diagram symbols in our free icon library and add them to your whiteboard. Move, resize, duplicate, flip, or change the color of the symbols as needed.

Build the circuit diagram

Type L to add a line. Drag its endpoints to a symbol and snap it into place. Keep adding lines and symbols until you complete the circuit diagram.

Collaborate on the circuit diagram

Click Share to invite your team to work on the circuit diagram. With editing access, they can revise the diagram and leave comments on any circuit diagram symbol.

Share or export the circuit diagram

Export the final circuit diagram as a high-quality image file you can add to your documents or designs. You can also explore the sharing options to show the diagram to your team.

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Create a circuit diagram

Open Canva on your browser or app to access the circuit diagram maker. Start with a blank whiteboard.

Search for circuit diagram symbols in our free icon library and add them to your whiteboard. Move, resize, duplicate, flip, or change the color of the symbols as needed.

Type L to add a line. Drag its endpoints to a symbol and snap it into place. Keep adding lines and symbols until you complete the circuit diagram.

Click Share to invite your team to work on the circuit diagram. With editing access, they can revise the diagram and leave comments on any circuit diagram symbol.

Export the final circuit diagram as a high-quality image file you can add to your documents or designs. You can also explore the sharing options to show the diagram to your team.

Create a circuit diagram

Get lightbulb moments with lots of customization options

Draw a circuit diagram with all the required parts and symbols. Canva’s massive media library has key circuit diagram symbols like load, switches, and power sources. Search for icons of transistors, logic gates, resistors, and other required elements. Scale, flip, and move the symbols anywhere on the virtual whiteboard. Plus, you have automatic line connectors that make diagramming a breeze.

Enjoy a speedy workflow on an infinite canvas

The circuit diagram maker offers an infinite workspace where you can expand your diagram in all directions. Meanwhile, the grids intuitively snap elements into alignment. Speed up your work with keyboard shortcuts, like typing “L” to add lines and “T” to add text and label the symbols. You also have enough space to create other tables⁠(opens in a new tab or window) and diagrams⁠(opens in a new tab or window) for your circuit design.

Link up with the team in real time

Get your team on board and work together on large electronic or electrical projects in real time. Canva Whiteboards has collaborative features like real-time cursors, sticky notes, and comments, so you can create circuit diagrams online with your group. Easily leave and receive feedback on the circuit design from reviewers, too.

Access and export the circuit diagram with ease

Whether you’re working on your desktop or on the go, Canva makes it easy to view and edit the circuit design, or swimlane diagrams⁠(opens in a new tab or window) on a browser or our mobile app. You can also invite others to view the circuit diagram via a link. Need to put the circuit diagram on a digital document or print it out? Export the design as a high-resolution PDF or image file.

FAQ

A circuit diagram is a drawing that represents an electrical circuit. They’re used by engineers and electricians to design, analyze, troubleshoot, and make prototypes of electrical or electronic mechanisms. A circuit diagram could either be pictorial or schematic. A schematic circuit diagram uses standardized symbols to show the circuit’s components, while a pictorial circuit diagram uses images.

To read a circuit diagram, it helps to be familiar with standard symbols. Generally, a circuit diagram is made up of the following elements:

Components. These include resistors, capacitors, transistors, inductors, and more. Each has a unique symbol.
Connections. These are lines that connect the components together.
Power sources. Batteries and other power supplies are marked with a specific symbol.
Ground symbol. This identifies the ground terminals within the circuit diagram.
Labels and values. Certain specifications and values are also indicated in the diagram.

Here are key points to consider when reading a circuit diagram:

dentify each component and how it relates to the overall circuit diagram.
Locate power sources and ground points.
Follow the lines to understand the direction of the current flows.
Check the labels and refer to available documentation for the circuit’s specifications and operation.

Once you have your components and symbols laid out on the whiteboard, you can connect them with lines. Type L to add a line. Change the weight and color of the line and choose how you want the endpoints to look. Then, drag the end of the line towards an element on the circuit diagram. Points will appear on the element, where you can connect the line.

If you need to add a lightbulb to your circuit diagram, search for a lightbulb icon or load symbol in our elements library. Add your preferred icon or image, then add connecting lines to fit it into your diagram.

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