IntroductionThe aim of this tutorial is to take you through the process of entering a circuit of modest complexity in order to familiarise you with the techniques required to drive the schematic capture module in Proteus (ISIS). The tutorial starts with the easiest topics such as placing and wiring up components, and then moves on to make use of the more sophisticated editing facilities, such as creating new library parts. An accompanying tutorial in the PCB module (ARES) then continues the project development using the completed schematic drawn in this tutorial. For those who want to see something quickly, DSPIC33_REC_SCHEMATIC.pdsprj contains the completed tutorial circuit but no layout while DSPIC33_REC_UNROUTED.pdsprj and DSPIC33_REC_COMPLETE.pdsprj both contain a completed schematic and a PCB. All of these projects can be loaded from the Open Sample command on the Proteus 8 home page under the tutorials category.