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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1997
Company headquarters in Hilden
SEGGER Microcontroller moved to Hilden, Kleinhülsen 4.
2002
VNC server remote control for emWin introduced
Introduced VNC server remote control for emWin graphical user interface.

New company headquarters in Hilden
SEGGER Microcontroller headquarters moved to a bigger office in Hilden, Heinrich-Hertz-Str. 5.
2005
J-Link Flash Breakpoints introduced
J-Link feature breakpoints in flash memory (Flash Breakpoints) introduced.

2007
ISO 9001 certification
SEGGER Microcontroller is granted ISO 9001 certification.

Flasher STM8 introduced
Production programmer for ST STM8 microcontroller series Flasher STM8 introduced.

NXP offers free of charge version of emWin
NXP supports their customers with a free of charge version of emWin.
J-Link remote debugging introduced
Remote debugging feature for J-Link using a tunnel server introduced.
2014
J-Link RTT introduced
J-Link RTT (Real-Time Transfer) for improved debug and verification 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.
2019
emCompress-ToGo introduced
emCompress-ToGo the first compression algorithm for resource-constrained microcontroller based systems introduced.
2020
AppWizard introduced
AppWizard for creating complete and ready-to-run emWin applications introduced.

2021
Flasher Compact introduced
Credit-card-sized almost-anything progammer Flasher Compact introduced.
Linux Studio introduced
SEGGER's top-rated development environment introduced for Linux developers as Linux Studio.

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
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.