can i get veroboard design from proteus?

[question-mark]

hello,

i'm using proteus for designing an electronic project of mine. i want to design the project in veroboard. but i found no way to get the veroboard planning in proteus. is there any way i can get the veroboard design in proteus.

or is there any other software where i can import the proteus .dsn or .lyt file to get the veroboard design.

please help

 

[Mattylad]

Make the circuit as normal, transfer to PCB.

Then draw a verostrip with figure/shapes, copy & paste several rows.
Group them all.
Can you put them on a layer that you can fix and mark as not selectable?

That way you can use it for reference while you place the circuit on it and route it where the copper strips are.

Or, there is a "stripboard magic" I recall that will do this for you.
https://www.marlwifi.org.nz/other/stripboard-magic

 

[Audioguru]

I learned how to design a circuit layout on Veroboard long before computers and programs did it. It was good exercise for my brain and it was an interesting puzzle.
My layouts were as compact as possible and every one worked perfectly.

 

[Mattylad]

Your last comment makes me not believe you at all.

I cannot believe that you have never made a mistake with veroboard

 

[Audioguru]

Your last comment makes me not believe you at all.

I cannot believe that you have never made a mistake with veroboard

Nope. No mistake. I am a perfectionist.

 

[weetabixharry]

I really like DIY layout creator. It is very simple (doesn't provide any auto-routing or anything like that), but is very quick and easy to use. I does the basics very nicely and is open-source, so it's not too difficult to add your own parts and features.

 

[question-mark]

but how can i interface with proteus? i created my whole design in proteus and now i don't want to make the whole design again.

 

[Mattylad]

OK, here is how you may be able to do it.

I do not know proteus - I am doing this in CADSTAR so I may use some terms that are different in Proteus - but I am sure the feature will be there just named differently.

1) Transfer your design to a PCB where you have a ratsnest of connected components.

Note - your components need to be PTH on 0.1" pitch.

2) Make a documentation/figure layer and on this layer draw some figures that represent the vero board i.e.

This is all figures and I have set the figures/layer so that it is all fixed and I cannot select it.

3) Place your components in positions on the fake vero board, consider the rats nest connections (yellow) to be the vero tracks.
having the rats nest makes this a lot easier to figure out where the connections should be.


4) Route your tracks (bottom layer) - consider that they can only go in straight lines and that you need a hole to be able to have a gap between different nets.
Where you are going to need a jumper, via up to the top lay - along and then back down again - this will be replaced with a jumper wire.

I have set all track widths to 50 thou to imitate the vero tracks.

5) Add some markers to indicate where you need a track cut - these can be anything - I have used a simple figure (yellow rectangles with hole in).


6) Copy all this to the vero board, cut your tracks, sit back and admire your ingenuity.

Think outside of the box - just because a CAD package is meant to make high tech designs - does not mean that it cannot be used for simple old tech, you just get to use some of the new tech features to get there.
I have circa £50k of PCB CAD package at my disposal and never imagined that I would use it to do this.

Go on - have a go :grin:

 

[Mattylad]

Question mark - have you read this?
Any use?