Labcenter Electronics - ISIS Proteus professional - Professional PCB Design and Simulation Software

Have you ever heard of proteus?.Well it's a professional PCB design and simulation software. It allows you to simulate the design first, and the make PCB from the design. The interesting feature about this is that it can simulate some of the famous microcontrollers like 8051's, avr's, pic's and even some of the arm micros apart from all the logic ic's and spice components. Another interesting feature is that it's graphical interface is so well that it even can compete with the standard IDE's provided by the corresponding micro's.
                       The Proteus Design Suite is wholly unique in offering the ability to co-simulate both high and low-level micro-controller code in the context of a mixed-mode SPICE circuit simulation. With this Virtual System Modelling facility, you can transform your product design cycle, reaping huge rewards in terms of reduced time to market and lower costs of development.
                            If one person designs both the hardware and the software then that person benefits as the hardware design may be changed just as easily as the software design. In larger organisations where the two roles are separated, the software designers can begin work as soon as the schematic is completed; there is no need for them to wait until a physical prototype exists.In short, Proteus VSM improves efficiency, quality and flexibility throughout the design process.

                        Proteus Virtual System Modelling (VSM) combines mixed mode SPICE circuit simulation, animated components and microprocessor models to facilitate co-simulation of complete microcontroller based designs. For the first time ever, it is possible to develop and test such designs before a physical prototype is constructed.

                             This is possible because you can interact with the design using on screen indicators such as LED and LCD displays and actuators such as switches and buttons. The simulation takes place in real time (or near enough to it): a 1GMHz Pentium III can simulate a basic 8051 system clocking at over 12MHz. Proteus VSM also provides extensive debugging facilities including breakpoints, single stepping and variable display for both assembly code and high level language source.

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