Proteus Design Suite
PCB Design & Simulation Made Easy
Proteus Design Suite is an EDA package that combines schematic capture, circuit simulation and PCB layout in a single environment. It supports virtual prototyping of embedded systems, allowing designers to design, test and debug complete systems before ordering a physical prototype, and also covers IoT appliance design with remote control workflows.
Key capabilities include VSM microcontroller simulation and debugging, IoT Builder for Arduino and Raspberry Pi appliances with MQTT, shape-based autorouting, differential pair routing with length matching, and access to an integrated library of over 15 million parts. The suite also offers EDAi AI tools that connect to GPT, Claude, DeepSeek or custom models for circuit-aware guidance, AI-assisted library part creation from datasheets, and ProPilot and ProTutor AI assistants for industry and education respectively. VSM for CAN supports vehicle network simulation with fault injection and security testing.
Proteus is used in both industry for professional PCB design and R&D prototyping, and in education for teaching electronics and embedded design. It is packaged as Enterprise, Platinum, or a custom build-your-own configuration of modules, with perpetual licensing, network licensing for teams, and cloud licensing for enterprise and education. A time-limited demo version is available for evaluation.
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