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Assembling Electronics: Basic Circuit and Logic Circuit

Basic Circuit is assembled at Vega from steel or from conductors and semiconductors, Logic Circuit from two Basic Circuits, and the older Electronics commodity is not part of this chain.

Available in the gameIntermediate· Circuit assembly works at Vega; in-game recipes may change.
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What it is and why it matters

Circuits are assembled only at Vega Station. There are two routes to Basic Circuit and one to Logic Circuit.

RecipeInputOutputTimeFee
Steel to Basic Circuit1 Steel1 Basic Circuit1 world hour4
Conductors and Semiconductors to Basic Circuit1 Conductors, 1 Semiconductor Components1 Basic Circuit1 world hour4
Basic to Logic Circuit2 Basic Circuit1 Logic Circuit2 world hours6

The separate Electronics commodity remains a market good: it has no recipe and does not automatically follow Logic Circuit. Other components are described in the article on production chains.

How to start

  1. Prepare the inputs at Vega: steel is smelted right there, while conductors have to be brought in from Helios Port or Orion Industrial Hub.
  2. Keep the ship at the berth and order the assembly.
  3. Watch the workshop queue.
  4. Sell the result at Vega: the starting buyer is right there.

Example

"Plan the production of one Logic Circuit from the materials available at Vega, taking into account the two assembly stages and the queues."

Test calculation in the starting world as of November 6: 4 units of Iron Ore mined at 4 each in Helios and delivered to Vega. Then 2 Steel, 2 Basic Circuit, and 1 Logic Circuit, with fees of 8 + 8 + 6. Total cost 38, sold to the Vega authority at 48, profit 10, total workshop time 6 world hours. Fuel for the trip is not included in that figure. Open demand for Logic Circuit dropped from 12 to 11 units after the sale.

Limits and risks

The circuit market is thin at the start: the Vega authority was taking 24 Basic Circuit at 20 and 12 Logic Circuit at 48. Prices change. These recipes are a game convention, not an engineering diagram.

Common mistakes

  • Treating Electronics as the next step after Logic Circuit.
  • Hauling circuits to sell in Helios or Altair: at the start they were bought only at Vega.

What's next

Look at all the chains and consider where there is enough liquidity for your volume.

Checked against the game server code: 2026-11-06. Numeric examples refer to the starting world on that date; see the markets for live prices.

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