Proteus VSM for PIC 18

Proteus VSM for PIC18 contains everything you need to develop, test and virtually prototype your embedded system designs based around the Microchip Technologies™ PIC18 series of microcontrollers. The unique nature of schematic based microcontroller simulation with Proteus facilitates rapid, flexible and parallel development of both the system hardware and the system firmware. This design synergy allows engineers to evolve their projects more quickly, empowering them with the flexibility to make hardware or firmware changes at will and reducing the time to market.

Purchasing Options

Each purchase of the Proteus VSM products includes a professional copy of the ISIS schematic capture package, the VSM simulation engine with industrial grade virtual instrumentation and literally thousands of embedded peripheral models (Nytt vindu). The system can be further upgraded by adding graph based simulation and PCB layout modules.

If you wish to add PCB Layout or other processor families to your purchase please visit the commercial price list or contact us to further discuss requirements.

Technical Information

PIC 18 Variants

• PIC18F242, PIC18F248, PIC18F252, PIC18F258, PIC18F442, PIC18F448
• PIC18F452, PIC18F458, PIC18F1220, PIC18F1230, PIC18F1320, PIC18F1330
• PIC18F13K22, PIC18F14K22, PIC18F13K50, PIC18F14K50, PIC18F2220
• PIC18F2320, PIC18F2331, PIC18F23K20, PIC18F2410, PIC18F24J10, PIC18F2420
• PIC18F24K20, PIC18F2423, PIC18F2431, PIC18F2450, PIC18F2455, PIC18F2458
• PIC18F2480, PIC18F2510, PIC18F25J10, PIC18F2515, PIC18F2520, PIC18F25K20
• PIC18F2523, PIC18F2525, PIC18F2550, PIC18F2553, PIC18F2580, PIC18F2585
• PIC18F2610, PIC18F2620, PIC18F26K20, PIC18F2680, PIC18F2682, PIC18F2685
• PIC18F4220, PIC18F4320, PIC18F43K20, PIC18F4331, PIC18F4410, PIC18F44J10
• PIC18F4420, PIC18F44K20, PIC18F4423, PIC18F4431, PIC18F4450, PIC18F4455
• PIC18F4458, PIC18F4480, PIC18F4510, PIC18F45J10, PIC18F4515, PIC18F4520
• PIC18F45K20, PIC18F4523, PIC18F4525, PIC18F4550, PIC18F4553, PIC18F4580
• PIC18F4585, PIC18F4610, PIC18F4620, PIC18F46K20, PIC18F4680, PIC18F4682
• PIC18F4685, PIC18F6390, PIC18F63J90, PIC18F6393, PIC18F6490, PIC18F64J90
• PIC18F6493, PIC18F6520, PIC18F6527, PIC18F6585, PIC18F65J90, PIC18F6620
• PIC18F6622, PIC18F6627, PIC18F6628, PIC18F6680, PIC18F6720, PIC18F6722
• PIC18F6723, PIC18F8390, PIC18F83J90, PIC18F8393, PIC18F8490, PIC18F84J90
• PIC18F8493, PIC18F8520, PIC18F8527, PIC18F85J90, PIC18F8620, PIC18F8622
• PIC18F8627, PIC18F8720, PIC18F8722, PIC18LF13K22, PIC18LF14K22
• PIC18LF13K50, PIC18LF14K50, PIC18F2221, PIC18F2321, PIC18F4221, PIC18F4321

Model Features

• Fully simulates the entire instruction set.
• Supports all port and other I/O pin operations.
• Supports all timers including watchdog timer, sleep mode and wake-up from sleep.
• Supports both Capture-Compare-PWM (CCP) modules in all modes and ECCP modules.
• Supports Parallel Slave Port (PSP) module on appropriate devices.
• Supports MSSP in both the SPI mode and the I2C master and slave modes.
• Supports Analogue-to-Digital Conversion (ADC) module inc. support for voltage reference pins.
• Supports Analogue Comparator modules inc. support for internal and external voltage references.
• Supports USART in all modes and EUSART for appropriate variants.
• Supports internal code and data EEPROM memory inc. code protection and data persistence.
• Supports all interrupt modes.
• Event timing accurate to one clock period.
• Provides internal consistency checks on code (e.g. execution of invalid op-codes, illegal memory accesses, stack overflow checking, etc.).
• more... Fully integrated in to the VSM source level debugging system.
• more... Fully integrated into the Proteus Diagnostic Control System.

Model Limitations

• The External Memory Interface (EMI) of devices such as the PIC18F8X20 is not modelled. These devices can only be modelled when the PMx configuration bits select the Microcontroller Mode (MC) mode of operation. Specifically, the Microprocessor Mode (MP), Microprocessor with Boot Block Mode (MPBB) and Extended Microcontroller Mode (EMC) modes are not supported.
• Power Managed Modes is not modelled. Specifically, the use of IDLEN and SCS/SCSx bits in the OSCCON register to switch oscillator sources and the behaviour of the SLEEP command is not modelled. The SLEEP command always puts the processor in to full sleep mode. This limitation is largely due to poor documentation on how the power managed modes actually affect peripherals.
• Brown-out detection and High-Low Voltage Detect (HLVD) is not modelled.
• The Internal/External Switch Over (IESO configuration bit) and the Fail Safe Clock Monitor (FSCM configuration bit) are not modelled.
• The ECAN module of the PIC18F6680 and PIC18F6685 is not currently modelled.
• The SPP (Streaming Parallel Part) of the USB variants is not currently modelled.
• Isochronous USB transactions in the USB variants is not currently modelled.
• The external programming interface (PGC/PGD pins) are not modelled.

Compiler support

Proteus VSM models will fundamentally work with the exact same HEX file as you would program the physical device with. However, far more debugging information is available when using a compiler to write the firmware and providing these object files to Proteus in place of the HEX file provides a much richer working environment. More information on supported compilers can be found here.