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How to Draw a Circuit Board
Draw a circuit board in 12 steps, about 9 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the board.
Step 1: The board
Across the middle of your paper draw a big wide rectangle. Add a hole dot in each corner.
Tip A circuit board is the flat green board inside gadgets.
Step 2: The big chip
In the middle of the board draw a big square for the chip.
Step 3: Two eyes
On the chip draw 2 round eyes, not touching. Colour a black dot in each, leaving a white shine.
Step 4: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw a small U smile. Add a small oval cheek beside each end.
Step 5: Chip legs
Draw 4 short legs sticking up from the top of the chip and 4 sticking down from the bottom.
Step 6: Small parts
Draw a small chip with 3 legs top left, a circle top right, and a striped box bottom right.
Step 7: Traces
From the small chip, the circle and the box, draw 3 thin L-shaped lines to the big chip.
Step 8: Solder pads
Draw a little round dot on the corner of each trace.
Step 9: Yellow pads
Colour the 4 corner holes and the 3 round pads yellow.
Step 10: Pink cheeks
Colour the cheeks pink.
Step 11: Slate chips
Colour both chips, the circle and the striped box slate grey, around the cheeks. Leave the eyes white.
Step 12: Green board
Go over your lines. Colour the board green, around all the parts and pads. Bleep!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a circuit board, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
