DeviceLab Signs Partnership Agreement with Microchip Technology

Feb. 8, 2012 - PRLog -- TUSTIN, Calif. -- DeviceLab Inc., an Orange County medical product design and product development company, today announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Microchip Technology Inc. .

The five-year agreement enables Microchip customers to more readily seek and engage DeviceLab's highly qualified support for the design of medical products and equipment that use PIC(r) microcontrollers and dsPIC(r) digital signal controllers.

Microchip's world-class development tools provide powerful, affordable solutions for application development. Compilers, assemblers, programmers, simulators, and in-circuit emulators are available components of Microchip's MPLAB(r) Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

"Microchip's products and experience have helped hundreds of the world's top medical device companies take their ideas from future vision to market reality, and it is our privilege to continue to be part of that tradition," said DeviceLab founder and CEO Dac Vu.

Vu said that DeviceLab has collaborated on nearly a dozen electronic medical product design projects with Microchip in recent years. Further, he said that his technical staff's proven depth of knowledge of Microchip's products helped facilitate the partnership agreement.

"Nearly all DeviceLab projects include electronic systems design and software development," said Vu. "Having a relationship with such a recognized leader in microprocessor manufacturing positions us to continue to demonstrate the true capabilities of our extensive team -- which includes electrical and electronic engineers, systems engineers and software programmers -- and to maximize the potential of Microchip's products."

About Microchip Technology Inc.
Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of microcontroller, 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.

For more information about Microchip Technology, please visit http://www.microchip.com.

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About DeviceLab

DeviceLab is an ISO 13485-certified contract medical device design and product development firm in Orange County, California.

A full-service company, DeviceLab has expertise in mechanical engineering, electronics, software, industrial design, prototyping, manufacturing, FDA regulatory consulting and product testing services. The company has considerable experience in design and development of tabletop and hand held devices, custom medical carts, hospital equipment and lab instrumentation development.

For more information about DeviceLab, please visit http://www.devicelab.com .