What is a .PDSBak file?
.PDSBak is a file in the Electronics, runtime & backups (more) category. Analyser identifies it and reads the metadata in its header, right in your browser.
- Did you know
- A .pdsbak file is a backup made by Proteus Design Suite, the electronics CAD tool used to draw schematics and simulate circuits.
- Proteus is well known for letting engineers simulate a microcontroller running real firmware alongside the surrounding circuit.
- Like other backup files, a .pdsbak preserves an earlier state of a project so work can be recovered after a mistake or crash.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify runtime, electronics and backup files: Unreal third-party software notices (.tps), ASP.NET browser definitions (.browser), Python extension modules (.pyd DLLs), ICU internationalisation data (.icu), Proteus Design Suite backups (.pdsbak) and generic backup copies (.bak / .old).
- Depth of analysis
- .PDSBak is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .PDSBak file
- Drag a .PDSBak file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.