How to simulate arduino uno in proteus?

How to simulate arduino uno in Proteus?

What is proteus?

Proteus is the simulation software for microcontroller. It is very useful since we can do software simulation without even using the hardware. We can write the code in IDE( Integrated Development Environment) and then use the same code in proteus for simulation. Proteus supports variety of microcontroller boards but unfortunately there is no arduino uno board in proteus. But we have solution for the same.Before procedding further you need to download the proteus software. There are many versions of proteus available. I would recommend you to use the Proteus 8 software.You can download the library files for the arduino using the link given below and then follow the steps mentioned below to add arduino uno simulator in proteus.

Click on the link to download the arduino library files: http://www.zer07even.com/download/125-arduino-library-proteus-untuk-simulasi 

A rar filed named as ARDUINOLIBS will be downloaded.

Follow the steps mentioned below

Step 1 : Unzip the rar file using winrar or any other software.

Step 2: There will be two files named as ARDUINO.IDX and ARDUINO.LIB. Copy these two files. Now go to C: drive (If   you have chosen different directory for installation of proteus then you have to search for the folder named as library inside labcentre electronics folder). Open program data. Then open labcenter electronics. Then Proteus 8 professional. Open the LIBRARY FOLDER and paste these two files.

Step 3:There will be a rar file named as AVR2 inside the ARDUINOLIBS folder. Unzip the AVR2 rar folder.

Step 4:Copy AVR2.IDX and AVR2.lib files.Now go to C: drive. Open program data. Then open labcenter electronics. Then Proteus 8 professional. Open the LIBRARY FOLDER and paste these two files.

Step 5:There will be a file named as AVR2.DLL inside ARDUINOLIBS folder. Copy this file.Now go to C: drive. Open program data. Then open labcenter electronics.Then Proteus 8 professional. Open the MODEL FOLDER and               paste this file.

Now arduino library files has been installed and is ready to use. Note: The path specified for MODEL and LIBRARY folder may vary for different versions of windows and for different proteus versions. It is important to copy the specified files in MODEL and LIBRARY folder only.

In my next post i will write about the basic concepts of arduino and the programming to code the arduino.