Key Features
EDAi is the embedded AI platform inside Proteus, providing a unified conversational interface that understands your schematic, simulation, and firmware context. Unlike generic chat tools, EDAi operates as part of the design environment itself, delivering relevant guidance and agentic interaction based on the live project rather than abstract examples. It is the core intelligence layer that powers both ProPilot for industry and ProTutor for education.
- Deep integration with Proteus for full schematic and code awareness.
- Contextual intelligence based on the active design or task.
- Common chat interface powering ProPilot and ProTutor capabilities.
- Supports GPT, Claude, DeepSeek, or fully self-hosted engines.
- Multilingual assistance for teams, classrooms, and global users.
- Designed to scale as AI engines evolve over time.
- Real-time awareness of simulation state and circuit behaviour.
EDAi Overview
EDAi is the core intelligence layer built directly into the Proteus Design Suite, providing a native conversational interface to your design environment. Because it has direct access to the schematic, simulation data, and embedded code, it can respond with guidance that is grounded in the actual project you are working on. This integration allows EDAi to support decision-making, explanation, and navigation in a way that complements the normal design workflow, rather than sitting outside it. By embedding AI at the platform level, Proteus becomes a workspace where design and reasoning happen side by side — enabling a more fluid and intelligent engineering experience.
Deep Design Content
What makes EDAi different is its awareness of the live project. It can see the schematic, understand which components are connected, and interpret how signals flow through a design. The same context extends into firmware and simulation, allowing EDAi to reason not just about individual parts but about system behaviour as a whole. This deeper visibility enables more relevant guidance, whether it is explaining a circuit choice, highlighting a configuration issue, or helping interpret simulated results. Instead of working from abstract prompts, EDAi responds to the actual design in front of you, providing insight that is specific, timely, and aligned with engineering intent.
Flexible Architecture
EDAi is designed to work with multiple AI engines, giving teams control over performance, privacy, and cost. You can choose from leading foundational cloud models such as GPT, Claude or DeepSeek, or connect to self-hosted and on-premise engines for environments where data cannot leave the organisation. The platform also supports MCP-based and desktop integrations, enabling future compatibility with locally running assistants such as Claude Desktop and other emerging tools. This open architecture ensures that EDAi is not tied to a single vendor or delivery model, allowing organisations to adapt over time and align AI usage with their workflow, security requirements, and licensing preferences.
Professional and Educational Pathways
EDAi provides a single foundation that adapts to the way it is used, supporting both professional engineering and structured learning. In commercial design workflows it operates as a co-designer, helping accelerate implementation decisions and streamline practical debugging. In educational environments it guides rather than completes, reinforcing understanding and encouraging students to work through reasoning steps. The core capabilities are the same, but the interaction model is shaped to suit the user’s objective — productivity for engineers, and comprehension for learners. Through this approach, the platform naturally branches into ProPilot for industry and ProTutor for education, each built on the same shared intelligence.
Industry & Education
EDAi is the shared intelligence behind both ProPilot and ProTutor. It powers professional design assistance in engineering workflows and guided learning in educational settings. Two pathways, one foundation — bringing context-aware intelligence directly into the Proteus workspace.
ProPilot
Proteus AI for Industry
ProPilot enhances engineering productivity with real-time AI support for design, coding, and debugging — helping you work faster, smarter, and with greater confidence.
- Circuit-aware design guidance
- Instant circuit calculations
- Faster fault finding
- Smarter firmware generation
ProTutor
Proteus AI for Education
ProTutor supports learning with intelligent, schematic-aware guidance designed to build understanding, encourage exploration, and assist without giving away the answers.
- Guided help aligned with lesson goals
- Circuit aware hints and theory support
- Fault finding with prompts to develop skills
- Learn to drive AI tools to benefit EDA development