About SEGGER
SEGGER Microcontroller GmbH & Co.KG develops
and distributes software development tools and ANSI "C" software
components (middle ware) for embedded systems in several industries such
as telecom, medical technology, consumer electronics, automotive industry
and industrial automation. Main products are emWin, a universal graphic
software for embedded applications and embOS, a small and efficient real-time
kernel. emWin, written entirely in ANSI "C", can easily be used
on any CPU and basically any display. It is complemented by the available
PC tools: Bitmap converter, Font converter, Simulation and Viewer. embOS
supports most 8/16/32-bit CPUs and has become the most popular kernel
especially for Renesas CPUs. It has constantly gained market share in
recent years and is used with a variety of network stacks. Its small memory
footprint makes it suitable for single-chip applications. embOS comes
with a viewer that allows looking into the system from the PC (including
profiling).
SEGGER's intention is to cut software development time for embedded applications by offering compact, flexible and easy-to-use middle ware allowing developers to concentrate on
their applications.
Company history
| 1991 |
SEGGER Microcontroller Systeme GmbH was founded in Hilden by Rolf Segger. At that point he already had about ten years of experience in programming of embedded applications. Segger MCS started
developing software for different companies in Germany and the U.S. |
| 1993 |
The first RTOS was developed for the NEC K0 series of microcontrollers. It was written entirely in assembly language. |
| 1994/95 |
The RTOS was improved based on the experience with own products and on customer's feedback. It was redesigned in "C" and improved for maximum versatility, speed and minimum memory consumption.
Internally, it was used for different MPU´s: 64180, x86, V25. |
| 1996 |
The decision was taken to come up with embOS, our RTOS in a form
completely compatible on source-level for all supported CPUs. embOS
for Mitsubishi M7700 and NECs V25/x86 series was released. |
| 1997 |
SEGGER started the development of a new software product emWin b/w a graphic software for monochrome displays. In November SEGGER released the first emWin b/w version. |
| 1998 |
Start of the emWin/GSC development in close cooperation with a major automotive company. |
| 1999 |
In cooperation with Mitsubishi Europe SEGGER started the development
of Flasher M16C. In April SEGGER released Flasher version
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In August SEGGER presented the first emWin/GSC version incl. Bitmap converter, Font converter and Windows Simulation. |
| 2000/03 |
Over the years SEGGER added a wide range of features to their existing products and ported embOS to a variety of CPUs and compilers.
In August 2002 SEGGER presented the first emFile version supporting
Multimedia cards.
In 2003 more device drivers were added. In November 2003 SEGGER came out with a new JTAG debug interface for
ARM cores, J-LINK, supporting ARM7/9 cores. |
| 2004 |
In January SEGGER released embOS Simulation allowing the developer
to write and test the application program without need of a functional
hardware. In close cooperation with IAR Sweden, SEGGER expands the
J-Link product line with a debug emulator for TI MSP430 microcontrollers. |
| 2005 |
SEGGER opens a U.S. office in Westminster, Massachusetts and develops
a variety of J-Link related software products such as J-Flash, RDI
Flash breakpoints and more. |
| 2006 |
SEGGER launches a new hardware product within the J-Link product
line: J-Trace, a JTAG emulator including trace support. |
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