NXP has announced that it will make its Kinetis family of microcontrollers (MCUs) Apple HomeKit compatible, in a move that will appeal to developers looking to build connected devices for Apple’s looming smart home platform. NXP is also providing an SDK for developers to use. It’s a sensible move from NXP, which recently acquired Freescale for around $12bn, as Apple holds a very influential position in the nascent smart home market. Apple’s iPhone users tend to spend more on content and apps, and the logical extension is that iOS users on the whole would spend more on smart home devices. The current list of compatible products is still pretty small. It includes connected outlets from ConnectSense, iDevices, iHome, and Parce,…