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Requirements
To work through this tutorial you will need:
An installed copy of the Proteus Software at Version 8.0 or later. A demonstration copy of
the software can be downloaded free of charge from the Labcenter website if you do not
have a professional copy.
An installed copy of the Hi-Tech PIC16 compiler at Version 9.8 or later. Download and
installation of this compiler can be managed from within the Proteus software VSM Studio
IDE); we will cover the procedure for this later in the Project Setup section of the tutorial
below.
We would still recommend you read through the tutorial, even if you do not have the tools
installed. Most of the material - and all of the debugging techniques – are generic and will prove
useful in your own designs.
Project Setup
The first thing we need to do is setup our Proteus 8 project. Since we are using a pre-drawn
schematic in the form of a virtual development board this procedure is much simplified.
From the home page in Proteus launch the new project wizard and select the development
board option. Next, change the microcontroller family to be PIC16 and finally the F1 Evaluation
board (F1 Release) from the listbox at the bottom. Click finish to import the project.