Editing Guide to circuits (section)

== Common Concepts and Important Notes==

Although the basics are out of the way, there are some helpful concepts as well as some things to know that should be kept in mind when making integrated circuits. Feel free to add to this list with your own!

* Tiny photovoltaic cells are enough to power most simple gadgets and devices indefinitely.
* Starter components are highly important, and can be used to cause things like screens to gain their information when powered if they should always have that information to begin with.
* You can make a one-second ticker by linking two "one-sec delay circuit" components together, and pulsing one through starter, so that they indefinitely pulse each other.
* Light-emitting diodes have a very small complexity cost (0.1), making them the best way to track status of Bool variables on examining.
* Small screens only show their data on examine. Screens show their data to the person holding the assembly when they load their data. Large screens show that data to anyone nearby, as well. They all have the same complexity, so use them according to your needs. For instance, something that gathers data when you point the assembly at something might be best to have a normal screen to tell you that data immediately.
* One glass sheet is 2000 glass in an autolathe. An autolathe can make one light fixture battery for 20 glass. This means that one sheet of glass will net you 100 light fixture batteries. These are the weakest power cell in the game, holding only 120 MJ, but many basic gadgets have negligible power draw, making them the most useful option! They also start charged, unlike all other power cells.
* If you find yourself doing a monotonous task each shift (*cough* xenobio), you might be able to automate it with circuitry!
* There are kinds of math other than trig and algebra. Group theory and general theory of automata contain frameworks for extremely general machines, and aren't so hard to learn.
* There is the potential for skilled players to make immensely-powerful circuits that can easily break the game just by existing. Please don't use them. We like circuits. They're fun. Please don't get them nerfed and removed. Please?

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