Olimex Ltd is a leading provider of development tools, programmers, and emulators for the embedded systems market. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the company has over 20 years of experience in designing, prototyping, and manufacturing printed circuit boards, sub-assemblies, and complete electronic products. Olimex specializes in rapid prototyping solutions for widely used microcontroller architectures, including ARM, AVR, MSP430, MAXQ, and PIC. Its extensive product portfolio includes the popular OLIMEXINO series of Arduino-compatible boards, STM32 development boards, and dedicated programmers like ARM-USB-OCD and AVR-ISP-MK2. The company operates its own in-house PCB prototype production and assembly facility, ensuring all designs are optimized for manufacturability and cost-effectiveness. Olimex is recognized as an approved Third Party Hardware Developer by industry giants such as Texas Instruments, Maxim Integrated, Atmel (now Microchip), NXP (Philips), STMicroelectronics, Cirrus Logic, and others. With a global client base of over 30,000 active customer accounts, Olimex supports a wide range of industries from industrial automation to consumer electronics. Its 5,000 square-meter production buildings are situated on a 10,000 square-meter property, reflecting its capacity for volume prototyping. Olimex combines deep expertise in analog, digital, and microcontroller design to deliver reliable, cost-efficient solutions. Though not a semiconductor manufacturer, Olimex holds a unique position as a trusted hardware partner bridging chip vendors and embedded developers worldwide.