Microchip Ships 500,000th Development Tool

Microchip just announced the shipment of its 500,000th development tool to Australia’s Ness Security Products. Everyone in Development Systems is proud of this large milestone. It's a nice little morale booster.

While the 500,000th development tool shipment was the main point of the press release, one quote from Creed Huddleston, president of Real-Time by Design, caught my eye.

Microchip’s 55,000 customers in more than 65 countries would agree. Creed Huddleston, president of Real-Time by Design, LLC, and author of the new book Intelligent Sensor Design Using the Microchip dsPIC® DSC, utilizes Microchip tools in his daily work as an embedded design consultant. Huddleston observes that, “the primary reason for using Microchip development tools is that they are readily available, inexpensive and there are user forums available to get help when the inevitable questions or problems arise. Microchip does a great job of providing low-cost and highly valued tools.”

People are recognizing that Microchip's user community is becoming a huge resource. Thanks to all of the http://forum.microchip.com contributors!