management, battery management, and interface devices.Development tools enable system designers to program a pic microcontroller and dspic digital signal controllers for specific applications. Application-specific standard products include patented keeloq security devices; memory products include serial electrically erasable programmable read-only memory. Microchip Technology sells to the automotive, communications, computing, consumer, medical electronics, and industrial control markets. The company, which was incorporated in 1989, is based in Chandler, Ariz.