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Arduino Mega 1280 Library for Proteus, Arduino Boards, Proteus simulation, Arduino Mega Library, Arduino Boards Proteus library
Hi Guys! Hope you’re well today. Thank you for viewing this read. In this post today, I’ll walk you through the Arduino Mega 1280 Library for Proteus. You may already be familiar with Arduino Boards, in case you don’t, they are the open-source easy to use hardware and software platform used in modern electronic projects. These boards receive inputs and convert them into outputs to activate motors, LEDs, electrical circuits, robots, and embedded systems. They are mainly designed for newbies and non-tech geeks who hesitate to construct the electrical circuits from the get-go and hate diving into the nitty-gritty of architecting electrical wires accurately to fashion electrical circuits. Arduino boards come with both ready-made electronic kit and software program IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that runs on the computer. You only worry about the running code on your system, without involving into the hassle of organizing and connecting everything perfectly on your electrical circuit. We’ve already discussed the Arduino Mega 2560 Library for Proteus. Both Mega 2560 and Mega 1280 are almost similar in working and execution with a slight difference in flash memory and microcontrollers incorporated on the boards. Arduino Mega 2560 carries Atmega 2560 microcontroller with flash memory 256kb while Arduino Mega 1280 carries Atmega 1280 with flash memory 128kb. These boards can be powered by both USB cable and external power source where AC-to-DC adaptor or battery is used to power them externally. Our team is designing and adding these new libraries in the proteus library database to help students better understand the working of Arduino boards in proteus workspace. Check this post where we’ve shared Arduino Library for Proteus that includes six Arduino Boards in a single library. If you don’t have proteus installed in your PC, check this post covering how to download and install proteus software. This is the brief introduction of Arduino boards, let’s dive in to download the Arduino Mega 1280 library for proteus.

Arduino Mega 1280 Library for Proteus

Click the link below and download Arduino Mega 1280 Library for Proteus.
  • As you download this file, it will appear in zip format. Extract this file that houses two files named ArduinoMegaTEP.LIB and ArduinoMegaTEP.IDX.
Arduino Mega 1280 Library for Proteus
  • Copy and paste these two files in the library folder of proteus software.
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  • After placing these files, start your proteus software, if it’s running already… restart. Now, click the ‘P’ button and look for the Arduino Mega 1280.
Arduino Mega 1280 Library for Proteus, Arduino Boards, Proteus simulation, Arduino Mega Library, Arduino Boards Proteus library
  • As you search this, it will return the figure below.
Arduino Mega 1280 Library for Proteus, Arduino Boards, Proteus simulation, Arduino Mega Library, Arduino Boards Proteus library
  • Select this file and click OK. As you click OK your cursor will start blinking with the Arduino Mega 1280, indicating you can place this board anywhere in the proteus workspace.
As you place this board in the proteus workspace, it will appear as below.
Arduino Mega 1280 Library for Proteus, Arduino Boards, Proteus simulation, Arduino Mega Library, Arduino Boards Proteus library
Half work is done. Now we’ll include HEX file to run this board. To do this, right-click the board and select ‘edit properties’ or double click the board it will return window as below.
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Now browse the ‘PROGRAM FILE’ option to upload the HEX file. You can read this post in which I’ve briefly explained how to get a HEX file from Arduino.
Arduino Mega 1280 Library for Proteus, Arduino Boards, Proteus simulation, Arduino Mega Library, Arduino Boards Proteus library
  • This is how you can get Arduino Mega 1280 library for Proteus.
Now we’ll construct a simple LED blinking circuit with Arduino Mega 1280 in the proteus workspace.
  • We’ve designed a simple LED blinking circuit where we’ve attached LED with the pin 13 of the Arduino Mega 1280.
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Open this blink example in the Arduino software and upload the HEX file. As you upload the HEX file and play the proteus software it will appear as figure given below.
Arduino Mega 1280 Library for Proteus, Arduino Boards, Proteus simulation, Arduino Mega Library, Arduino Boards Proteus library
That’s all about How to download Arduino Mega 1280 Library for Proteus. You can use this library in your electronic projects. If you feel any difficulty in downloading this library, pop your comment in the section below, I’ll help you the best way I can. Feel free to share your suggestions about libraries you think should be a part of Proteus Library Database, I’ll design and include respective libraries. Thank you for reading this post.