Proteus 9: Performance & Productivity
Proteus 9 is a major release including a completely new framework and a host of new features throughout the software suite.
- Performance with a new 64-bit framework.
- Productivity with enhanced modal toolboxes.
- Quality assurance with managed libraries workflow.
- Innovation with new, best in class, live zone regeneration algorithms.
- Board Insight with Via and Zone Inspector tools.
- Live Circuit Inspection with new system scope and live probing.
- and much more....
New Application Framework
Proteus 9 is designed from the ground up as a modern, 64-bit application supporting all international character sets. It has been built on a platform independent framework, enabling the development of Linux or Mac versions of Proteus in the future
Application Framework Movie
Theming and Functionality
Proteus 9 includes support for themes and comes with both a dark and light theme as standard. The object selectors have been re-designed to provide more localised information, icons can now be grouped to save space, status bars upgraded to include a history of warning messages and much more.
Installation
In addition to a standard all user install Proteus 9 includes both a dedicated single user machine install and a portable install mode that makes it easy to work with cloud synced folders or for one person to work across multiple machines.
Installation movie
Managed Libraries
Library part management is an area we’ve given a lot of attention in Proteus 9. A brand new managed libraries workflow throughout the software enables use of version controlled library parts and provides auditing tools to check that the latest versions of a part is in use in a project.
Managed Libraries Movie
Power Planes
With PCB Design we’ve built on the new 64-bit architecture to deliver performance improvements across the board. Particular focus has been given to live zone regeneration times which are often a performance bottleneck on larger boards. In Proteus 9 power plane regeneration can now be orders of magnitude faster than in Proteus 8.
Power Planes Movie
System Scope
Interactive simulation in Proteus 9 now includes a new system scope. Crucially, this does not require a placed component that needs wiring but instead can be launched at any time, with probes being placed or moved live during a simulation run. The system scope and other instruments can be docked at the bottom of the window, saving screen space and allowing their use inside VSM Studio as well.
System Scope Movie
Live Graphing
Graph based simulation has also been upgraded, taking advantage of the performance in Proteus 9 to show live tracing on the schematic preview as the simulation progresses.
MicroPython
Our support for microPython in Proteus VSM is being extended to include other target boards such as Pyboard and to support real world interconnect (SPI/I2C) via the FT232 chip. Work also continues on both our Visual Designer and IoT products.
VSM for MicroPython MovieVideo Walkthroughs
Application Framework
A modern, native 64-bit application framework supporting international character sets.
Managed Libraries (repo)
Creating and maintaining a set of managed libraries linked to an external repository
System Scope & Live Probing
Launch with a button press and live probe wires during a simulation.
More Resources
Learn more about the Proteus 9 product range via the resource links opposite. You'll find a growing library of walkthrough movies in the video library and you can access technical brochures and the demo version from the downloads page.
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