It is also essential to select the clearance of your plane to avoid bridging. You can set the Net to which the plane will be connected, for example, the Ground of VDD. Then you select the region that you want to insert a power plane. In order to do it, you should go to the power plane icon. Once the autorouter is done, we can add the power planes. The image below shows the autorouter icon. The autorouter is under the Tools tab -> Autorouter. Now we can go either route manually or use the auto-router for creating the traces. Now you just need to place the other components by selecting them on the Components menu and right-clicking on the location you want to put them. If you followed the sequence, the connectors are placed correctly. If you click on the PCB Layout tab, you will see that the connectors are already placed. After that, place the rest of the components and do the wiring. Second is Arduino-SIL10, then Arduino-SIL6, and Arduino-SIL8 again. First, select the Arduino-SIL8 component and double click into the schematic area. Now you must follow the sequence of placing the headers. When you select the component, you can choose the element's footprint in the PCB Preview dropdown menu on the right down corner. To do that, follow the same step 1 to add dac MCP4725, 10k resistor, and 10uF capacitor (we will skip a 0.1uF capacitor). Double click on Arduino-SIL10, SIL8, and SIL6. To do this, go to the Schematic Capture tab, then select the component icon. After that, click next.Īfter you click next, an Arduino UNO layout will appear.Įven though you have the layout, you still have to add the headers in the schematic tab. After that, you click next.Ĭlick “Create a PCB layout from the selected template”, and then select Arduino UNO rev3. You can use it by going in File -> New Project -> Select the path and your file's name. Proteus has the Arduino layout as per default. In this tutorial, I will show how to use the default library to build a DAC shield.

It also has pre-installed many libraries that can help you when designing an Arduino shield. Proteus is a powerful and well-known Printed Circuit Board Design Suite.

Proteus 8 professional pcb footprint