Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, providing low-risk product development, lower total system cost and faster time to market for thousands of diverse customer applications worldwide. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery and quality.

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