The History of SEGGER Microcontroller

Our most important events shown in a timeline

1992

Foundation SEGGER

SEGGER founded as a company by Rolf Segger.

embOS introduced

Real-time operating system embOS introduced.

1997

Company headquarters in Hilden

SEGGER Microcontroller moved to Hilden, Kleinhülsen 4.

1998

emWin introduced

Graphical user interface library emWin introduced.

emLoad introduced

emLoad second level bootloader for firmware updates introduced.

Flasher 2

1999

First Flasher introduced

First Flasher production programmer for M16C introduced.

embOSView

2001

embOS profiling with embOSView introduced

embOS profiling with embOSView introduced.

2002

emFile introduced

Fail-safe flash file system emFile introduced.

2003

VNC server remote control for emWin introduced

Introduced VNC server remote control for emWin graphical user interface.

J-Link BASE

2004

First J-Link introduced

First J-Link debug probe 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.

2005

J-Link breakpoints introduced

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

US office near Boston

SEGGER Microcontroller opens US office near Boston.

2006

First J-Trace introduced

First J-Trace trace probe for ARM introduced.

embos/IP introduced

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

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.

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.

Renesas RX support added

Renesas RX support added for the complete SEGGER portfolio.

2011

NXP offers free of charge version of emWin

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

Flasher ARM - Production Programmer by SEGGER

Flasher ARM introduced

Flasher ARM production programmer introduced.

2012

emFile encryption introduced

Encryption for files and file system emFile introduced.

Remote Server Connected

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 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

2017

Flasher Secure introduced

Secure off-site production programmer Flasher Secure introduced.

emCrypt introduced

Complete cryptography package for embedded systems emCrypt introduced.

IP-over-USB introduced

New IP-over-USB solution introduced.

Flasher ATE introduced

Gang programmer Flasher ATE introduced.

SEGGER supports Risc-V

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

Office in Milpitas, Silicon Valley

SEGGER Microcontroller opened office in Milpitas, Silicon Valley.

2018

embOS certifications

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

SEGGER begins work on the new headquarters

SEGGER breaks ground on new corporate headquarters.

SEGGER Linker introduced

New SEGGER Linker was introduced to the market.

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.