Microchip offers a full range of microcontroller and DSC development systems, including the free MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment (IDE), which is open source and provides cross-platform support for Linux®, Mac OS® and Windows® operating system users, and remains the industry’s only universal IDE with support for an entire portfolio of 8-, 16- and 32-bit MCUs and DSCs.

Microchip also offers the free MPLAB Xpress, a cloud-based IDE that allows users to start programming without any logins or downloads. Microchip’s comprehensive line of development tools also includes the MPLAB REAL ICE™ In-Circuit Emulator; the MPLAB PM3 Universal Device Programmer; the low-cost PICSTART™ Development Programmer; the MPLAB XC Compilers; the MPLAB ICD 3 In-Circuit Debugger; the PICDEM™ Demonstration Board series; and the PICkit™, MPLAB and Microstick Starter Kit series.

The Company also enjoys broad third-party tools support, and has a suite of tools for development with its analog and memory products. For more information, visit the Microchip website at www.microchip.com