Circuit Board

Circuit Board
Circuit Boards are advanced electronics that are used in a plethora of different ways.
Unlocked at	Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Blueprint path	/Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Parts/CircuitBoard/Desc_CircuitBoard.Desc_CircuitBoard_C
Item
Stack size	200
Sink value	696

Circuit Board is a mid-game component used to craft Computers and other mid to late-game products.

Obtaining

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Circuit Board	2 × Copper Sheet 15 / min						4 × Plastic 30 / min						Assembler 8 sec × 6	1 × Circuit Board 7.5 / min 120 MJ/item		Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Electrode Circuit Board Alternate	6 × Rubber 30 / min						9 × Petroleum Coke 45 / min						Assembler 12 sec	1 × Circuit Board 5 / min 180 MJ/item		Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Silicon Circuit Board Alternate	11 × Copper Sheet 27.5 / min						11 × Silica 27.5 / min						Assembler 24 sec	5 × Circuit Board 12.5 / min 72 MJ/item		Tier 5 - Oil Processing Quartz Research - Quartz
Caterium Circuit Board Alternate	10 × Plastic 12.5 / min						30 × Quickwire 37.5 / min						Assembler 48 sec	7 × Circuit Board 8.75 / min 102.86 MJ/item		Tier 5 - Oil Processing Caterium Research - Caterium Ingots

Alternate recipes analysis

The following shows different ways to produce 1 Circuit Board / second, or 60 / min:

Recipe	Copper Ore /min (WP)	Crude Oil m3/min (WP)	Raw Quartz /min (WP)	Limestone /min (WP)	Caterium Ore /min (WP)	Total WP	Total Energy /item (MJ)	Space (m2)	Building counts
Default	48 (16.63)	80 (68.38)	-	-	-	85.01	992.76	5743	29.78
Electrode	-	240 (205.13)	-	-	-	205.13	1371.61	7773	40.63
Silicon	52.8 (18.30)	-	56.57 (53.88)	94.29 (17.84)	-	90.01	493.43	3352	19.22
Caterium	42.86 (14.85)	28.57 (24.42)	-	-	42.86 (38.82)	78.09	519.21	3399	19.09

• Weighted Point is the weighted consumption rate which is calculated by: (resource consumption rate / maximum extraction rate) * 10,000. The lower the better.
• Energy per item can be used to measure how much power is consumed for the entire production chain. The lower the better.
• Space refers to building space, excluding belts and pipes. The lower the better.
• Among multiple ways to produce each of the ingredient, the recipe with the lowest WP is chosen. See also:
  • Copper Sheet#Alternate recipes analysis
  • Plastic#Alternate recipes analysis
  • Rubber#Alternate recipes analysis
  • Silica#Alternate recipes analysis
  • Quickwire#Alternate recipes analysis

Usage

Research

 Circuit Board is used in the Sulfur Research chain in the MAM for additional unlocks.

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients												Building	Products		Prerequisites
Adaptive Control Unit	5 × Automated Wiring 5 / min						5 × Circuit Board 5 / min						Manufacturer 60 sec	1 × Adaptive Control Unit 1 / min 3300 MJ/item		Tier 5 - Industrial Manufacturing
	1 × Heavy Modular Frame 1 / min						2 × Computer 2 / min
Computer	4 × Circuit Board 10 / min						8 × Cable 20 / min						Manufacturer 24 sec × 18	1 × Computer 2.5 / min 1320 MJ/item		Tier 5 - Industrial Manufacturing
	16 × Plastic 40 / min
High-Speed Connector	56 × Quickwire 210 / min						10 × Cable 37.5 / min						Manufacturer 16 sec × 8	1 × High-Speed Connector 3.75 / min 880 MJ/item		Caterium Research - High-Speed Connector
	1 × Circuit Board 3.75 / min
Crystal Computer Alternate	3 × Circuit Board 5 / min						1 × Crystal Oscillator 1.6666666666667 / min						Assembler 36 sec	2 × Computer 3.3333333333333 / min 270 MJ/item		Tier 5 - Industrial Manufacturing Quartz Research - Quartz Crystal
Caterium Computer Alternate	4 × Circuit Board 15 / min						14 × Quickwire 52.5 / min						Manufacturer 16 sec	1 × Computer 3.75 / min 880 MJ/item		Tier 5 - Industrial Manufacturing Caterium Research - Caterium Ingots
	6 × Rubber 22.5 / min
Silicon High-Speed Connector Alternate	60 × Quickwire 90 / min						25 × Silica 37.5 / min						Manufacturer 40 sec	2 × High-Speed Connector 3 / min 1100 MJ/item		Tier 5 - Oil Processing Caterium Research - High-Speed Connector Quartz Research - Quartz
	2 × Circuit Board 3 / min
Radio Control System Alternate	1 × Crystal Oscillator 1.5 / min						10 × Circuit Board 15 / min						Manufacturer 40 sec	3 × Radio Control Unit 4.5 / min 733.33 MJ/item		Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
	60 × Aluminum Casing 90 / min						30 × Rubber 45 / min
Block Signal	2 × Steel Pipe						1 × Copper Sheet						Build Gun	1 × Block Signal		Tier 6 - Monorail Train Technology
	2 × Circuit Board
Truck	15 × Motor				10 × Circuit Board				5 × Heavy Modular Frame				Build Gun	1 × Truck		Tier 5 - Industrial Manufacturing
	50 × Rubber				20 × Encased Industrial Beam

AWESOME Sink

 Circuit Board can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 696 points.

History

• Patch 0.3: More alternate recipes added.
• Patch 0.1.14: Crafting cost of the Circuit Boards are halved. However other recipes require twice the amount of Circuit Boards to craft. Its stack size is also doubled.