It was developed in Yorkshire, England by Labcenter Electronics Ltd and is available in English, French, Spanish and Chinese languages.

The first version of what is now the Proteus Design Suite was called PC-B and was written by the company chairman, John Jameson, for DOS in 1988.

All PCB Design products include an autorouter and basic mixed mode SPICE simulation capabilities.

[6] It also finds use in the general hobbyist community[7][8] and, since no hardware is required, is convenient to use as a training[9][10] or teaching tool.

STEP output can then be used to transfer to mechanical CAD software such as Solidworks or Autodesk for accurate mounting and positioning of the board.