What counts toward the per-circuit component limit
Basic allows 5 components in one circuit, Standard 15, and Premium is unlimited. Probes, net labels, and grounds are left out of the count.
Britt Espinosa
Last Update 15 days ago
Your plan caps how many components a single circuit can hold: 5 on Basic, 15 on Standard, and no cap on Premium. This is separate from the number of circuits you own.
What is left out of the count
Probes, net labels, and grounds do not count. That covers:
- Voltage probes, current probes, and digital voltage probes
- Ground and voltage reference symbols
- Net labels
Anything from the probes and reference categories falls into this group. So a Basic circuit can carry five counted parts plus the probes, grounds, and net labels the schematic needs.
Every message about this cap repeats the exclusion, worded as not counting probes, net labels, and grounds.
The counter in the editor
At the bottom left of the schematic, a counter shows the components used in the circuit against your cap. It is grey while you have room, amber from 80 percent of the cap, and red once you are at or over it. Hovering it gives a tooltip along the lines of Components used vs your Standard limit. not counting probes, net labels, and grounds. Click to see upgrade options.
Clicking the counter opens the plan dialog.
When the cap stops you
Placing a component past the cap brings up Component limit exceeded:
Your Basic plan includes up to 5 components per circuit (not counting probes, net labels, and grounds). Upgrade to Standard or Premium to use more.
The Standard version points at Premium for unlimited components per circuit. Use Not now to close it, or View plans to go to the pricing page.
The heads-up version
The same dialog can open while you still have room, with the title Need more components per circuit? and a body such as:
You're using 3 of 5 components in this circuit on your Basic plan (not counting probes, net labels, and grounds). Upgrade to Standard or Premium for more components per circuit.
That one is informational. Close it with Not now and carry on placing parts until you reach the cap.
Circuits that are already over the cap
A circuit built on a higher plan keeps every component after a downgrade. It opens, simulates, and exports as before. Saving it works as long as the count stays the same or comes down, so you can delete parts and save freely. Adding to it is what the cap blocks.
Getting more room
Move part of the schematic into a second circuit, or raise the cap with Upgrade your plan. Standard triples the Basic cap to 15, and Premium removes it. Plan limits explained covers the other three limits your plan sets.