Arizona-based microcontroller and analog semiconductors provider Microchip Technology has acquired Australia-based embedded systems development tools provider HI-TECH Software.

The terms of the deal are confidential, and the deal is expected to be immediately accretive to Microchip’s earnings.

The company said that HI-TECH has been a premier third-party provider of C compilers for Microchip’s 8-, 16- and 32-bit PIC microcontrollers (MCUs) and dsPIC Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) for over a decade.

Derek Carlson, VP of Development Tools at Microchip, said: “With the addition of the HI-TECH portfolio, Microchip now offers a complete suite of highly efficient compilers supporting all Microchip devices, from the smallest 8-bit PIC10 MCU to the largest 32-bit PIC32 MCU."