Proteus PCB Design Packages

Proteus PCB design combines the ISIS schematic capture and ARES PCB layout programs to provide a powerful, integrated and easy to use suite of tools for professional PCB Design..

All Proteus PCB design products also include a basic SPICE simulation capability which can be extended by purchasing the Advanced Simulation option.

The products are offered at a number of levels which offer increasing levels of functionality and design capacity:

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Product Summary

Feature Starter Kit Level 1 / 1+ Level 2 / 2+ Level 3
Professional Schematic Capture module Yes Yes Yes Yes
Professional PCB Layout module Yes Yes Yes Yes
Max. Number of Pins1 In Netlist 500 1000 / 2000 1000 / 2000 Unlimited
Shape-based Power Planes2 1 Per Layer 1 Per Layer Unlimited Unlimited
Standard Autorouting Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rip-up & Retry Autorouting Yes Yes
Electra Autorouter Interface3 Yes Yes Yes Yes
3D Board Visualisation Yes Yes
Gate-Swap Optimizer Yes Yes
Board Autoplacement Yes Yes
Basic Simulation Yes Yes Yes Yes
1 Pins refers to a physical pin in the netlist. Terminals and vias do not count towards your limit!
2 In the Starter and Level 1/1+ power planes must cover and entire layer (board edge to edge) and cut-outs are not allowed.
3 Electra itself must be purchased separately. Click here for more information.

Proteus Professional Starter Kit

  • Full feature ISIS schematic capture with support for hierarchical design, bus pins, configurable bill of materials and much, much more.
  • Netlist based ARES PCB layout with support of up to 16 copper layers, 10nm resolution, any angle component placement, full electrical and physical design rule checks and much more.
  • Standard version of our integrated auto-router.
  • Support for one shaped based ground plane per layer.
  • Component libraries containing over 10000 schematic parts and 1500 PCB footprints.
  • Includes ProSPICE mixed mode simulator with 8000 models and 12 virtual instruments.
  • 500 pin capacity for PCB design.

Please note that the Starter Kit is limited to netlists of 500 physical pins and does not support automatic component placement, gate-swap optimization, partial power planes (including cut-outs) or rip-up and retry autorouting. These features are only available in Level 2 and above.

Proteus PCB Design Level 1 and Level 1+

These products offer exactly the same functionality as the Starter Kit but offer more realistic design capacities of 1000 or 2000 pins.

  • Full feature ISIS schematic capture with support for hierarchical design, bus pins, configurable bill of materials and much, much more.
  • Netlist based ARES PCB layout with support of up to 16 copper layers, 10nm resolution, any angle component placement, full electrical and physical design rule checks and much more.
  • Standard version of our integrated auto-router.
  • Support for one shaped based ground plane per layer.
  • Component libraries containing over 10000 schematic parts and 1500 PCB footprints.
  • Includes ProSPICE mixed mode simulator with 6000 models and 12virtual instruments.
  • 1000 pin capacity in Level 1; 2000 pin capacity in Level 1+.

Please note that Level 1/1+ is limited to netlists of 1000/2000 physical pins and does not support automatic component placement, gate-swap optimization, partial power planes (including cut-outs) or rip-up and retry autorouting. These features are only available in Level 2 and above.

Proteus PCB Design Level 2 and Level 2+

These products are restricted in terms of pin count only, and same set of features as the top of the range Level 3. Extra functionality over Level 1 includes:

  • Automatic component placement - this tool will automatic place the component specified in the netlist onto the board.
  • Rip up and retry autorouting. This enables the router achieve 100% completion on many boards.
  • 3D Visualisation of the current board including navigation and user application of 3D data to footprints.
  • Electra Shape Based Autorouter Interface - allows export and import of designs from the Electra Autorouter.
  • Unlimited shape based power planes per layer.
  • Automatic gateswap optimization.
  • 1000 pin capacity in Level2; 2000 pin capacity in Level 2+

Proteus PCB Design Level 3

This is the top of the range package and offers all system features as above plus unlimited design capacity.

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