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Development Tools and Software

Streamline Your Design. Amplify Your Results.

We get it: you're passionate about design but complicated tools can interrupt your flow. That's why we are dedicated to making your design experience effortless with our development tools that span multiple product lines.

Our award-winning development tools are built to be intuitive and seamless. You no longer have to wrestle with cumbersome interfaces. Just dive in and focus on what matters: bringing your brilliant ideas to life.

Unleash the power of simplicity. Choose Microchip.

Machine Learning (ML) Development

  • Automation of ML flow process
  • Data preparation and feature extraction
  • Training, validation and optimization
  • Anomaly-detection algorithms

Security Products Tools

  • Authentication
  • Encryption
  • Provisioning
  • Key generatation

Analog Development Ecosystem

  • Power management design generation and simulation
  • Signal-to-noise calculator
  • Filter design and simulation
  • Device selection tools

 

Silicon Carbide Simulation

  • Simulation
  • Thermal analysis
  • Device selection
  • Configuration

Intelligent Power Tools

  • Definition and modeling
  • Code generation
  • Control system fine tuning
  • Real-time debugging

 

Motor Control Tools

  • Field-Oriented Control (FOC) GUI-based development tool
  • Measurement of critical parameters
  • Automatic tuning of feedback control gains
  • Simulations for MATLAB® and Simulink®

Clock and Timing Tools

  • Clock configuration
  • Custom part generation
  • Sampling

Ethernet and INICnet™ Technology Tool

  • Graphical configuration
  • Verification and error detection
  • Remote updates to component firmware

USB, Ethernet, and PCIe® Configuration Tool

  • Customize vendor and part ID
  • Port configuration
  • Specification of MAC address
  • Power configuration
  • Mass programming

Journey through the various stages of embedded design with our easy-to-use portfolio of hardware and software development tools. You can discover, configure, develop, debug, qualify and go to market quickly using our development tools for PIC®, AVR® and SAM microcontrollers (MCUs), SAM microprocessors (MPUs) and dsPIC® Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs). We have integrated our entire line of embedded software development tools with our embedded hardware development tools so you can harness the full capabilities of the MPLAB® development ecosystem to get a best-in-class experience.

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MPLAB Cloud Tools Ecosystem

The MPLAB cloud tools ecosystem is a complete online solution for users of all skill levels to discover, configure, develop and debug embedded applications based on PIC® and AVR® microcontrollers (MCUs).

MPLAB Analysis Tool Suite

MPLAB Analysis Tool Suite is a collection of analysis tools integrated into the MPLAB X IDE. It supports all of our MCU, MPU and CEC devices and offers a code coverage feature and a Motor Industry Software Reliability Association (MISRA®) check in the IDE. 

Microchip University

Get free training on our products 24 hours a day, every day. We offer on-demand courses and live sessions on general embedded control topics as well as Microchip, Atmel and Microsemi products. Learn how to improve your business by using our products to their full advantage. 

Jump-Start Your Development with These Featured Tools

MPLAB® ICE 4 In-Circuit Emulator, Programmer and Debugger

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MPLAB® PICkit™ 5 In-Circuit Debugger

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MPLAB® ICD 5 In-Circuit Debugger

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