ICEPIC of In-circuit emulators which was first shipped in May 1995 is able to minimize the cost of developing the Microchip PIC. ICEPIC has been shipped over 10,000 units, thus making it the most popular emulator all around the world. Microchip Technology is committed to distributing the products for them and integrating the products into their MPLAB operating system. They provide a comprehensive supply line of programmers, C Compilers, BASIC Compilers, a range of reference books, tutorials and project boards, thus offering development equipment for the PIC microcontroller.