Microchip understands how quickly the appliance industry is changing and we're dedicated to developing technologies, products and technical support that will allow you to design the connected and controlled appliance of tomorrow. Our Application and Design engineers along with our technologies are ready to provide the necessary expertise and customer service. For applications ranging from environment and user control, motor control, power control, and connectivity, Microchip's silicon solutions meet your unique design requirements.
New to Microchip products? Browse through our web site and find a full range of products – each one providing you with wide design flexibility and the competitive advantage to win in a rapidly changing marketplace. From KeeLoq® security ICs and Controller Area Network (CAN) devices to PICmicro® 8-bit MCUs featuring 8-pin packaged devices and advanced analog peripherals, Microchip can help make your automotive designs a reality. Find out about Microchip's unique Memory Migration path, which offers the broadest compatibility in instruction set, peripherals, pinout, and tools. Microchip offers Flash, OTP and ROM to maximize every phase of your design and manufacturing cycle. Find out more about the development tools you need to get started with your appliance designs. MPLAB® ICE 2000 In-Circuit Emulator PICSTART® Plus low-cost development tool Read more about it! Check out some publications that demonstrate Microchip's impact on the appliance industry: Articles: Mechanical Appliance subsystems are ripe for electronics conversion --- Dick Fisher The Connectivity Revolution: Designing Appliances for Home Networked Systems --- Dick Fisher Enhanced Microcontroller Features Simplify Appliance Control Design --- Jan van Niekerk Maximizing the Value of Flash MCU Program Memory for Appliance Applications --- Ron Cates Implementing Distributed Intelligence in White Goods Applications --- Scott Fink Whitepapers: Electronic Controls in Appliances: Central vs. Decentralized Processing --- Damon Chu	Need help with your designs? Connectivity LIN Bus Appnotes AN729 TCP/IP Appnotes AN724 SPI Appnotes AN646, AN647, AN648 CAN Appnotes AN713 Motor Control Click here for AN718, AN696 User and display Interface Click here for AN587, AN658 Microchip Makes it for Mechatronics. Come see how our 8-pin MCUs can build intelligence into your designs and take advantage of the Mechatronics Revolution - a shift from analog/electro-mechanical timing and control to digital electronics. The appliance industry and Microchip. Click here to find out what they have to say. (Testimonials or press release quotes or ?) Microchip is a worldwide leader in embedded control solutions with recognized product quality and reliability. With QS-9000 and ISO 9001 certified quality systems and a global network of plants and facilities, we are ready to support your automotive requirements. If you need assistance or want local support, contact one of our worldwide technical sales and applications support centers. Industrial Conference Information Confortec Paris, France February 1-4, 2000 IATC Louisville, Kentucky May 8-10, 2000

A Worldwide Leader in Embedded Control Solutions
With Microchip as your partner, you can be assured of having reliable products, technology and support to meet your design and application challenges. Microchip pioneered the development of One-Time-Programmable (OTP) microcontroller (MCU) technology. Today, we are the leading manufacturer of high-performance, field-programmable 8-bit RISC MCUs, complementary ASSP and related specialty memory products for high-volume embedded control applications.

Microchip has experienced phenomenal growth in the embedded control market. Quickly rising in the ranks of the top MCU suppliers, our PICmicro® MCU architecture has become an industry standard, moving from #20 to #2 in worldwide 8-bit MCU market share. (Source: Dataquest , June 1999 in units shipped.) More than 1 billion PICmicro devices and more than 150,000 development systems have shipped since 1990.

QS9000 and ISO9000 Certification

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Microchip received QS-9000 Quality System certification for its worldwide headquarters and wafer fabrication facilities in September 1999. Microchip's quality system processes and procedures are QS-9000 compliant for all of the Company's devices, including PICmicro 8-bit MCUs, serial EEPROMs, KeeLoq code hopping devices and microperipheral products. QS-9000 was developed by Chrysler, Ford and General Motors to establish fundamental quality systems that provide for continuous improvement, emphasizing defect prevention and the reduction of variation and waste in the supply chain. Microchip was audited by QS-9000 registrar Det Norske Veritas Certification Inc. of Houston, the same firm which granted Microchip its ISO 9001 Quality System certification in 1997. QS-9000 certification recognizes Microchip's quality systems conform to the stringent standards set forth by the automotive industry, benefiting all customers.

A Global Network of Plants and Facilities
Microchip is a global competitor providing local services to the world's technology centers. Its design and technology advancement facilities, and wafer fabrication sites are located in Chandler and Tempe, Arizona. The Tempe facility provides an additional 200,000 square feet of manufacturing space that meets the increased production requirements of a growing customer base, and provides production capacity which more than doubles that of Chandler.

Microchip facilities in Bangkok, Thailand, and Shanghai, China, serve as the foundation of Microchip's extensive assembly and test capability located throughout Asia. The use of multiple fabrication, assembly and test sites, with more than 640,000-square-feet of facilities worldwide, ensures Microchip's ability to meet the increased production requirements of a fast growing customer base.

PICmicro MCUs
Microchip's PICmicro architecture combines high-performance, low cost and a variety of package sizes - offering one of the best price/performance ratios in the industry and a seamless migration path between product families. Microchip pioneered the use of a RISC-based MCU architecture to obtain high speed and instruction efficiency in 8-bit MCUs. The PICmicro family-with more than 110 devices from 8- to 84-pins-features 12-, 14- and 16-bit program word with one-time-programmable (OTP), FLASH, and ROM memory technologies.

Customization and last minute changes are easy - high-volume Quick-Turnaround Production (QTP) from our factory, In-Circuit Serial Programming™ (ICSP™) or our unique Serialized Quick Turn-Around Production (SQTPSM) provide extremely fast, convenient fine tuning.