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Proteus PCB Design

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Proteus Design Suite (commercial packages)——

From Proteus PCB Design's own pricing page, checked 5 Oct 2026. Every plan

What the maker publishes

Founded
1988 source
HDI
Proteus 9.2 adds HDI micro-via support with 1+n+1 board construction in the Stackup Wizard. source
Headquarters
Skipton, North Yorkshire, England source
High-speed design
Professional PCB features include differential-pair routing and length matching; differential pairs require PCB Design Level 2 or higher. source
Integrations
Proteus 9.2 adds STM32CubeIDE integration via GDB and expanded simulation for BLE and RFID. source
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. source
Manufacturing output
Proteus supports Gerber X2, traditional RS274X Gerber/Excellon, IPC-D-356 netlists and ODB++ output. source
MCAD integration
PCB Design Level 2 and higher supports STEP/IGES component models and STEP assembly export for MCAD tools. source
Other library imports
The library importer supports parts from vendors including Ultra-Librarian and PCB Library Expert. source
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. source
PCB design
PCB tools include design-rule management, power planes, shape-based autorouting and manual push-and-shove routing. source
Platform requirement
The FAQ lists Microsoft Windows 10 as the minimum operating system and says ARM processors such as Snapdragon are unsupported. source
Purpose
Proteus combines schematic capture and PCB layout for designing, testing and laying out printed circuit boards. source
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. source
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. source
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. source