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Proteus 8.0 represents over three years continuous development and includes improvements toevery area of the software suite. Major work on the application framework together with theintroduction of a common database provides a much smoother workflow for users while the rich

new feature set saves time and effort in the design lifecycle. A demonstration version can bedownloaded directly from the Labcenter website and you can then either watch getting started movies from the application home page or access the tutorial documentation for evaluation.

Application Framework

3D Viewer

Common Parts Database

Live Netlisting

3D Viewer

Bill of Materials

VSM Studio

Single integrated applicationwith ISIS, ARES andappearing as tabbed modules.

Switch between tabs on a singlemonitor (e.g. laptop) or drag anddrop tabs to view in separatewindows.

Unified database of all parts andelements in the current project.

Enables automatic updating of data between Proteus modules(e.g. Schematic and PCB)

A live netlist is now maintainedand accessible throughout thesystem.

Enables changes on theschematic to be reflected acrossPCB, BOM and Design Explorer in real time.

Now supports DirectX (as wellas OpenGL) and runs multi-threaded.

Includes live update mechanismso changes made in ARES arereflected in the 3D Viewer.

Completely new BOM modulewith PDF, HTML and Exceloutput.

New Property Editor gridallowing you to easily add datato the report.

Integrated IDE for Proteus VSMsimulation and debugging.

Automatically sets up compilersand debugs target firmware.

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OverviewThe main theme of the Proteus 8 release is integration.Development has therefore been focussed on taking thevarious discrete parts of an electronic design andcoupling them together to achieve a better workflow. Inorder to achieve this, three major architectural changeswere necessary; a unified application framework, acommon database and a live netlist.

The Application FrameworkProteus 8 consists of a single application with manymodules (ISIS, BOM, ARES, 3D Viewer, etc.). Modulesopen in tabs within the application window but can thenbe dragged and dropped to create additional windowsand enable side-by-side viewing.

This allows you to not only work with ISIS and ARES inthe design phase as you did in previous versions butalso to split off other modules according to the work youare doing at a particular time. For example, ISIS and

VSM Studio for debugging, ISIS and BOM for reportgeneration, ARES and 3D Viewer for verification and soon.

Common Database & Live NetlistingThe common database and live netlisting featuresprovide system wide access to the properties of theparts and the connectivity between them. Features likepinswap, gateswap and annotation are both automaticand bi-directional between schematic and PCB andconnectivity changes on the schematic can beautomatically reflected in any other module (BOM,Design Explorer, ARES).These features also lay the foundation for a number of development projects such as design snippets which weplan to bring forth during the lifetime of Proteus 8.Proteus 8 stores the design (DSN), layout (LYT) andcommon database in a single project file (PDSPRJ).

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Customers with a valid USC will receive Proteus 8 at no added cost.

While Proteus 8 is in Beta customers with a lapsed USC can renew at Proteus 7 pricing.Proteus 7 pricing is also currently available for adding new modules or additional seats to your license.

3D VisualisationThe 3D Viewer is a top level application module andlaunches as a new tab inside Proteus 8. Like other application modules you can drag and drop it into a newwindow if you want to view it alongside another module(e.g. ARES).The rendering code for the 3D Viewer has been re-written to support both DirectX and OpenGL and also tomake it multi-threaded. Render times on machines with4 or more cores can be more than halved whencompared with Proteus 7.These speed gains make possible an automatic updatebetween ARES and the 3D Viewer such that changes tothe PCB are automatically reflected in the 3D View.

VSM Studio IDE As with ISIS and ARES, the VSM Studio IDE is now anintegral part of the single Proteus application. This hasthe following benefits

Firmware is automatically loaded into the targetprocessor(s) after a successful compile.The new project wizard can both place and wire upbasic connections (power, reset etc.) for the chosentarget processor Debugging can take place from within *either* theIDE or the schematic.

Additionally, Proteus 8 introduces the concept of 'ActivePopups'. These are regions of the schematic (e.g. LCDdisplay, or processor pins) that you wish to see whistdebugging the code. When debugging in VSM Studio,the Active Popups can be displayed and dockedalongside the source code, variables and memorywindows. This works especially well on laptops / singlemonitor setups where managing the popups whilst still

being able to see the whole schematic was alwayssomething of a challenge.Additional Framework FunctionalityThe Proteus 8 application includes a dedicated homepage which, along with easy access to help and projectlaunch, contains a news and information panel. The oldUpdate Manager has been removed and new releaseswill now be displayed and made available for downloaddirectly from the home page.

A new crash dump reporting system has been added sothat, in the event of a problem, you can choose to senddetailed information to our servers. We plan to then usethe information screen to report back to you when a

solution or fix becomes available.Additional Product FunctionalityMany smaller features and improvements have beenmade across the full range of modules in Proteus 8.These are detailed in the migration guide andhighlighted in the Getting Started Movies, both of whichcan be accessed from the application home page.

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Bill of MaterialsProteus 8 includes a completely new Bill of Materialsmodule. This operates in its own application window witha WYSIWYG view of the BOM. Changes to theschematic and/or formatting are reflected immediatelyand an integrated header/footer editor is also provided.

Further more, component properties can beadded/removed or edited from within the BOM window. Any changes are automatically back-annotated onto theschematic. This is, of course, the most natural place toadd stock/order codes, component costs and so forth.The final output can be to print, HTML, Excel or PDF asyou wish.

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