PROTEL is the EDA software that AlTIum launched in the late 1980s. In the CAD software of the electronics industry, it is well-deserved in front of many EDA software. It is the software of choice for electronic designers. It started to be used in China earlier. The penetration rate in the country is also the highest. Some colleges and universities also offer courses to learn it. Almost all electronic companies use it. Many large companies often write requirements on their condition boards when recruiting electronic design talents. Will use PROTEL.
The early PROTEL was mainly used as a printed board automatic routing tool. It runs in a DOS environment and has low hardware requirements. It can run under 1M memory without a hard disk 286 machine, but it has fewer functions, only the circuit schematic. Drawing and printed board design functions, the routing rate of the printed board automatic routing is also low, and today's PROTEL has developed to DXP 2004, is a huge EDA software, fully installed with more than 200 M, it works in WINDOWS95 environment , is a complete board-level all-round electronic design system, which includes circuit schematic drawing, mixed circuit simulation of analog circuit and digital circuit, multilayer printed circuit board design (including printed circuit board automatic routing), programmable logic device Design, chart generation, spreadsheet generation, macro operation support, etc., and has a Client/Server (client/server) architecture, and is also compatible with some other design software file formats, such as ORCAD, PSPICE, EXCEL, etc. Automated routing of printed circuit boards enables 100% throughput of high density PCBs. PROTEL software is relatively easy to buy in China, and there are many books about PROTEL software and instructions for use, which provides a basis for its popularity. To learn more about PROTEL's software features or to download a trial version of PROTEL99, you can do it on the INTERNET.
What is the protel function?It includes electrical schematic drawing, mixed circuit simulation of analog and digital circuits, multilayer printed circuit board design (including automated routing of printed circuit boards), programmable logic device design, chart generation, spreadsheet generation, and macro operation support. And other functions, and has a Client / Server (client / server) architecture, but also compatible with some other design software file formats, such as ORCAD, PSPICE, EXCEL, etc., its multi-layer printed circuit board automatic routing can achieve high-density PCB 100% throughput rate.
Can simulate, but usually do not use PROTEL for simulation
For PCB design, you must have the correct schematic design, plus the PCB package. Then load into the PCB design step, the component position is roughly fixed and then the circuit design, but often the component position is modified to achieve the best effect, in addition to reducing interference, there is an aesthetic problem. It also contains automatic wiring, but the effect is not good, there are a lot of circuit design jealousy, so do it or manually
3D component map, you only need to see the 3D view in the Board in 3D point in the View after the PCB is designed, but what is the use? Generally not used
Nowadays, Protel99SE and Protel 2004DXP are common. The former applies more people, and they have more status in the company. The qualifications are old, the software industry is old, and sometimes the people are required to use 99SE. As for the users of 2004DXP, they are relatively young. It seems to be new in the component library and package library, but in most cases you need to make your own components, there is no difference. Another serious problem is that vista and 99SE are a bit incompatible. In general, if you want to have a good relationship with your boss, you can easily learn to communicate with 99SE when designing.
Protel is still weaker than POWER PCB. The latter is slightly more powerful. It is more convenient to use. It is better to modify the POWER PCB on the line.
In circuit design, Protel is suitable for circuit design below 50MHz frequency. It is better to use Cadence for high frequency circuit. It is necessary to calculate signal interference and reflection.
Draw circuit diagrams, let the circuit be integrated, the original very thick lines, large components can be integrated, minimize them, make reasonable use of space, reduce external interference, and also realize batch production of circuit, a circuit board The PCB diagram is sent to the factory. What size and color can be used? PROTEL99 is very practical for electronic designers.
A rough explanation of the main functions of PROTELThis is a software for designing circuits. The main functions that can be implemented are as follows:
Function one:
Draw a relatively neat and beautiful schematic, such as the following example:
Function two:
Generate PCB board files that can be used for factory production.
There are three main methods for obtaining PCBs.
The first type: Automatically route the network table file generated by drawing the schematic to generate a PCB file.
The second type: manual routing using the pre-wire on the PEOTELPCB using the netlist file generated at the same time by drawing the schematic.
The third type: is the way of lower efficiency, that is, pure manual wiring.
For example, the following is the wiring effect of PCB files generated by automatic routing:
Function three:
Miscellaneous features, such as:
Generate a list of components, generate drilling positioning files for CNC drilling machines, generate solder mask files, generate printed character layer files, and more. It's almost all you want. In addition, it also integrates hardware simulation functions!
In short, this is a very efficient software, common versions such as the earliest DOS version, and running under WINDOWS
PROTEL1.0 PROTEL1.5 PROTEL2.0 PROTEL2.5 PROTEL3.0 PROTEL98 PROTEL99 PROTEL99SE
Among them PROTEL99SE is an improved stable version of 99, which is the most popular now, and is also used by professional circuit board manufacturers. This is entirely due to its powerful features and good compatibility with other negatives software. It can be said that its excellence is enough to make you feel good.
I have owned these low-to-high versions of PROTEL mentioned above. They are all collected and collected, including complete Chinese documents. For details, please refer to the related content on the homepage "Share and Download".
Although there are many versions, the essence is one, that is, from the schematic to the simulation to the automatic routing to produce PCB printed board files, one-stop work to greatly improve work efficiency. The lower version of the machine is not very suitable for hardware configuration, such as PROTEL1.0 can run on 486, PROTEL3.0 can run smoothly on 586, and so on. It should be noted that the more powerful the version, the more efficient the software engine of the PCB layout, and the more complete the functions provided, the richer the parts library and parts package provided. The high-level simulation part actually provides high-frequency test function, but of course it is software simulation, but it is enough to see its perfection!
If you want to get started quickly and have a comprehensive understanding of the essence of PROTEL's thoughts, check out the PROTEL multimedia tutorials I can offer.
I don't like the educational form of multimedia tutorials. I can also go to the bookstore to buy books to understand it. I can also download the scanned version of the bookstore's book online. For the online search for the book, please see the "Share and Download" section of the homepage. The university is looking for a book.
There are so many books about it in the bookstore, but many of them are expensive but flashy. Although some books are not very responsible, we can't make fun of our wallet. If you want to buy it, you must carefully identify it.
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