Proteus PCB Design

Spec sheet

Purpose

Proteus combines schematic capture and PCB layout for designing, testing and laying out printed circuit boards.Read 5 Oct 2026 · labcenter.com

Intended users

Labcenter describes Proteus as used in industry for professional PCB design and rapid prototyping, and in education for teaching electronics, embedded design and PCB layout.Read 5 Oct 2026 · labcenter.com

Integrations

Proteus 9.2 adds STM32CubeIDE integration via GDB and expanded simulation for BLE and RFID.Read 5 Oct 2026 · labcenter.com

Security

Labcenter says its website uses SSL/TLS and that card details are handled by an external PCI DSS compliant payment provider and are not stored or seen by Labcenter.Read 5 Oct 2026 · labcenter.com

Support

Direct technical support is free for professional users, with email support preferred for project issues and a typical email response time of one to two working days.Read 5 Oct 2026 · labcenter.com

Headquarters

Skipton, North Yorkshire, EnglandRead 28 Sep 2026 · labcenter.com

Founded

1988Read 28 Sep 2026 · labcenter.com

HDI

Proteus 9.2 adds HDI micro-via support with 1+n+1 board construction in the Stackup Wizard.Read 5 Oct 2026 · labcenter.com

High-speed design

Professional PCB features include differential-pair routing and length matching; differential pairs require PCB Design Level 2 or higher.Read 5 Oct 2026 · labcenter.com

Manufacturing output

Proteus supports Gerber X2, traditional RS274X Gerber/Excellon, IPC-D-356 netlists and ODB++ output.Read 5 Oct 2026 · labcenter.com

MCAD integration

PCB Design Level 2 and higher supports STEP/IGES component models and STEP assembly export for MCAD tools.Read 5 Oct 2026 · labcenter.com

Other library imports

The library importer supports parts from vendors including Ultra-Librarian and PCB Library Expert.Read 5 Oct 2026 · labcenter.com

Parts libraries

The product includes over 10,000 supplied library parts and integrated web search for access to over 15 million parts from SamacSys and SnapEDA.Read 5 Oct 2026 · labcenter.com

PCB design

PCB tools include design-rule management, power planes, shape-based autorouting and manual push-and-shove routing.Read 5 Oct 2026 · labcenter.com

Platform requirement

The FAQ lists Microsoft Windows 10 as the minimum operating system and says ARM processors such as Snapdragon are unsupported.Read 5 Oct 2026 · labcenter.com

Trial limits

The demo has no time limit for PCB layout, limits microcontroller simulation to 14 days, and does not allow saving work or simulating custom microcontroller designs.Read 5 Oct 2026 · labcenter.com

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Electrical Design Software#27 of 417.3