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    The History of SEGGER Microcontroller

    Our most important events shown in a timeline

    SEGGER - RTOS embOS Product Icon

    1992

    embOS introduced

    Real-time operating system embOS introduced.

    Rolf SEGGER

    Foundation SEGGER

    SEGGER founded as a company by Rolf Segger.

    Kleinhuelsen_4_Hilden

    1997

    Company headquarters in Hilden

    SEGGER Microcontroller moved to Hilden, Kleinhülsen 4.

    SEGGER GUI emWin product icon

    1999

    emWin introduced

    Graphical user interface library emWin introduced.

    SEGGER - Bootloader emLoad Product Icon

    emLoad introduced

    emLoad second level bootloader for firmware updates introduced.

    Flasher 2

    First Flasher introduced

    First Flasher production programmer for M16C introduced.

    embOSView

    2001

    embOS profiling with embOSView introduced

    embOS profiling with embOSView introduced.

    SEGGER GUI emWin product icon

    2002

    VNC server remote control for emWin introduced

    Introduced VNC server remote control for emWin graphical user interface.

    SEGGER - Filesystem emFile Product Icon

    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.

    usa-reduced-segger-boston_square

    US office near Boston

    SEGGER Microcontroller opens US office near Boston.

    J-Link product icon SEGGER blue stack

    2005

    J-Link Flash Breakpoints introduced

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

    SEGGER - emNet Ethernet Stack

    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 Product Icon SEGGER (Blue)

    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.

    SEGGER - Filesystem emFile Product Icon

    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.

    emlib-aes-product-icon

    2013

    emLib AES introduced

    SEGGER encryption library emLib AES was introduced.

    Flasher_Portable

    Flasher Portable introduced

    Portable service flash programmer Flasher Portable was introduced.

    J-Link product icon SEGGER blue stack

    2014

    J-Link RTT introduced

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

    ozone product icon SEGGER (Blue)

    Ozone introduced

    The J-Link debugger Ozone was introduced.

    SEGGER emSecure Logo

    emSecure introduced

    Digital signature and authentication software emSecure introduced.

    SEGGER - emSSL Product Icon

    2015

    emSSL introduced

    TLS package emSSL introduced.

    emCompress_Logo

    emCompress introduced

    Decompression system for microcontroller-based systems emCompress introduced.

    SEGGER - SystemView Product Icon

    SystemView introduced

    Free event tracing tool SystemView introduced.

    180604_embedded-studio-pro-plus

    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.

    SEGGER - emSSH Product Icon

    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.

    SEGGER - emCrypt Product Icon

    2017

    emCrypt introduced

    Complete cryptography package for embedded systems emCrypt introduced.

    ip-over-usb-product-icon-SEGGER-blue

    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.

    RISC-V Logo

    SEGGER supports Risc-V

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

    tuev-cert-logo

    embOS certifications

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

    US_OFFICE_SILICON_VALLEY_square

    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.

    Spatenstich-SEGGER-2018_square

    SEGGER begins work on the new headquarters

    SEGGER breaks ground on new corporate headquarters.

    segger-building

    SEGGER moved to Monheim am Rhein

    SEGGER Microcontroller headquarters moved to Monheim am Rhein.

    SEGGER - compression tool emCompress Product Icon

    2019

    emCompress-ToGo introduced

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

    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.

    Flasher Compact, blue with SEGGER logo

    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.

    Product Icon for Linux Studio, based on SEGGER Embedded Studio

    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 Logo

    embOS-Ultra introduced

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

    SEGGER is carbon neutral

    SEGGER received TÜV certificate as carbon neutral company.

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    Tel.: +1-408-767-4068

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    Minhang District, Shanghai 201199, China
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