The History of SEGGER Microcontroller

A timeline of our most important events

SEGGER's journey from 1992 to today

In 1992, Rolf Segger founded SEGGER with the idea of providing developers and companies with a real-time operating system called embOS that could be used for a wide variety of applications. Fast-forward to today, SEGGER has evolved into an industry leader, offering an extensive array of cutting-edge hardware and software tools that cater to every facet of microcontroller development. Join us on a journey through time as we trace the milestones and innovations that have defined SEGGER as a company.

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1992

embOS introduced

Real-time operating system embOS introduced.

Rolf SEGGER

Foundation SEGGER

SEGGER founded as a company by Rolf Segger.

Satellite image of former headquarters in Hilden

1997

Company headquarters in Hilden

SEGGER Microcontroller moved to Hilden, Kleinhülsen 4.

1999

emWin introduced

Graphical user interface library emWin introduced.

emLoad introduced

emLoad second level bootloader for firmware updates introduced.

Flasher

First Flasher introduced

First Flasher production programmer for M16C introduced.

embOSView

2001

embOS profiling with embOSView introduced

embOS profiling with embOSView introduced.

2002

VNC server remote control for emWin introduced

Introduced VNC server remote control for emWin graphical user interface.

2003

emFile introduced

Fail-safe flash file system emFile introduced.

Map Heinrich Hertz Strasse 5 Hilden

New company headquarters in Hilden

SEGGER Microcontroller headquarters moved to a bigger office in Hilden, Heinrich-Hertz-Str. 5.

J-Link BASE

2004

First J-Link introduced

First J-Link debug probe introduced.

Map of the US highlighting SEGGER office near Boston

US office near Boston

SEGGER Microcontroller opens US office near Boston.

2005

J-Link Flash Breakpoints introduced

J-Link feature breakpoints in flash memory (Flash Breakpoints) introduced.

embos/IP introduced

Networking stack (TCP/IP, UDP) emNet introduced with the name embOS/IP.

J-Trace_ARM

2006

First J-Trace introduced

First J-Trace trace probe for ARM introduced.

SEGGER ISO Certification

2007

ISO 9001 certification

SEGGER Microcontroller is granted ISO 9001 certification.

J-Link PRO - Debug Probe by SEGGER

2008

J-Link PRO introduced

Ethernet enabled debug probe J-Link PRO introduced.

Ivo Geilenbrügge

2009

Managing director appointed

Ivo Geilenbruegge appointed managing director.

emUSB-Host introduced

USB Host stack emUSB-Host introduced.

Flasher STM8 - Production Programmer by SEGGER

Flasher STM8 introduced

Production programmer for ST STM8 microcontroller series Flasher STM8 introduced.

J-Link EDU - Debug Probe for Educational Purpose by SEGGER

2010

J-Link EDU introduced

Debug probe for educational and non-commercial use J-Link EDU introduced.

j-link-renesas-rx-support

Renesas RX support added

Renesas RX support added for the complete SEGGER portfolio.

Flasher ARM - Production Programmer by SEGGER

2011

Flasher ARM introduced

Flasher ARM production programmer introduced.

EMWIN-CHIP3

NXP offers free of charge version of emWin

NXP supports their customers with a free of charge version of emWin.

2012

emFile encryption introduced

Encryption for files and file system emFile introduced.

RemoteServerConnected

J-Link remote debugging introduced

Remote debugging feature for J-Link using a tunnel server introduced.

2013

emLib AES introduced

SEGGER encryption library emLib AES was introduced.

Flasher_Portable

Flasher Portable introduced

Portable service flash programmer Flasher Portable was introduced.

2014

J-Link RTT introduced

J-Link RTT (Real-Time Transfer) for improved debug and verification introduced.

Ozone introduced

The J-Link debugger Ozone was introduced.

emSecure introduced

Digital signature and authentication software emSecure introduced.

2015

emSSL introduced

TLS package emSSL introduced.

emCompress introduced

Decompression system for microcontroller-based systems emCompress introduced.

SystemView introduced

Free event tracing tool SystemView introduced.

2016

Embedded Studio PRO introduced

Complete development package Embedded Studio PRO introduced.

J-Trace Pro Cortex A/R/M by SEGGER

J-Trace PRO introduced

First SEGGER streaming trace probe J-Trace PRO introduced.

emSSH introduced

Secure shell emSSH introduced.

Flasher Secure - Mass Production Programming System by SEGGER

Flasher Secure introduced

Secure off-site production programmer Flasher Secure introduced.

2017

emCrypt introduced

Complete cryptography package for embedded systems emCrypt introduced.

IP-over-USB introduced

New IP-over-USB solution introduced.

Flasher ATE

Flasher ATE introduced

Gang programmer Flasher ATE introduced.

SEGGER joined RISC-V Foundation

SEGGER joined RISC-V Foundation.

SEGGER supports RISC-V

RISC-V: Complete SEGGER portfolio (Debug Probes, Software Tools, Production Tools, Embedded Software) supports RISC-V.

embOS certifications

embOS received TÜV-Süd certificate for IEC 61508 SIL3, IEC 62304 class C, and ISO 26262.

2018

Office in Milpitas, Silicon Valley

SEGGER Microcontroller opened office in Milpitas, Silicon Valley.

SEGGER-Linker

SEGGER Linker introduced

New SEGGER Linker was introduced to the market.

Ground-breaking ceremony of new SEGGER headquarters

SEGGER begins work on the new headquarters

SEGGER breaks ground on new corporate headquarters.

New SEGGER building

SEGGER moved to Monheim am Rhein

SEGGER Microcontroller headquarters moved to Monheim am Rhein.

2019

emCompress-ToGo introduced

emCompress-ToGo the first compression algorithm for resource-constrained microcontroller based systems introduced.

J-Link WiFi

J-Link WiFi introduced

J-Link JTAG/SWD debug probe with WLAN/WiFi interface introduced.

emWin AppWizard

2020

AppWizard introduced

AppWizard for creating complete and ready-to-run emWin applications introduced.

Office in Shanghai, China

SEGGER Microcontroller opened office in Shanghai, China.

Flasher PRO can program QSPI Flashes at maximum speed

Flasher Quad Mode introduced

Quad Mode for programming QSPI Flashes with Flasher PRO introduced.

2021

Flasher Compact introduced

Credit-card-sized almost-anything progammer Flasher Compact introduced.

emPower OS introduced

All-in-one embedded operating system emPower OS introduced.

Linux Studio introduced

SEGGER's top-rated development environment introduced for Linux developers as Linux Studio.

SEGGER Flasher Hub

Flasher Hub introduced

High-speed gang-progamming with Flasher Hub introduced.

embOS-Ultra introduced

Revolutionary RTOS embOS-Ultra with Cycle-resolution Timing introduced.

SEGGER is carbon neutral

SEGGER received TÜV certificate as carbon neutral company.

2022

emRun++ introduced

Groundbreaking C++ library emRun++ introduced

emCompress-PRO introduced

All-in-one compression solution emCompress-PRO introduced

J-Link Device Support Kit introduced

J-Link Device Support Kit to add support for new devices to J-Link debug probes and Flasher programmers introduced

emFile BigFAT introduced

Backward-compatible FAT extension emFile BigFAT for unlimited file size introduced.

SEGGER Educational Partnership Program (SEPP)

SEGGER starts Educational Partnership Program to connect students and teachers with SEGGER

emVNC over USB introduced

Virtual Network Computing for embedded systems directly using USB without IP stack introduced

Prodcut Icon emVNC server

emVNC-Server introduced

Virtual Network Computing via emVNC-Server introduced.

Power-saving J-Link modes introduced

SEGGER has further reduced the power consumption of its J-Link line of debug probes, introducing Standby and Eco modes.

2023

Heap monitoring for SystemView introduced

SystemView can now monitor how applications use dynamic storage.

J-Link Test Farm Power Adapter introduced

Test Farm Power Adapter to easily build energy-efficient, large-scale test farms in combination with J-Link PRO introduced.

Flasher DSK introduced

The Flasher DSK makes it easy to add new or custom devices to the list of supported devices of the Flasher product family.