Case Studies

Who is SEGGER’s most demanding customer?

Written by David Noverraz on November 3rd, 2022November 3rd, 2022.

OK, who do you think, major auto manufacturer, titan of industrial networking or a household name?

Well, no, it is closer to home, SEGGER itself.

SEGGER is best known for our market leading J-Link debuggers, development tools, middleware and Flasher production programmers. There are not many embedded engineers who do not currently have or previously used a SEGGER J-Link, but what makes SEGGER J-Link stand out from the crowded development tool market?

Many would say the bullet proof reliability, innovative features and market leading speed of the debugger.

This raises the question about how SEGGER achieved this, so during this case study we will take a look to see how the J-Link developers pushed for the very best middleware to enable them to build their debugger firmware.
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Solaride’s solar-powered car – nothing is impossible

Written by Frank Riemenschneider on February 22nd, 2022March 15th, 2022. Leave a comment

Solaride is an educational program that started from the initiative of two students looking for a way to put their theoretical knowledge into practice. They came up with the adventurous idea to build the first solar-powered car in the Baltics. Quickly the project evolved into a much bigger endeavor, way more than just building a […]

”Flasher PRO from SEGGER achieves top rating” says Elektronik Magazine

Written by Frank Riemenschneider on January 18th, 2022October 14th, 2022. Leave a comment

In 2021, one of Germany’s leading B2B electronics magazines, Elektronik, conducted a reader test with SEGGER’s Flasher PRO and PRO XL flash programmers. Readers apply to take part. They receive the product free of charge, test it against previously defined criteria, and then give feedback plus a rating for the product.

Using emCompress to connect machines by satellite – anywhere, anytime

Written by Frank Riemenschneider on August 19th, 2021. 2 Comments

SEGGER’s emCompress-ToGo enables on-chip data compression and decompression using virtually no RAM. This technology has recently been employed by Skylo Technologies. Skylo brings disruptively affordable, always-on IoT connectivity to millions of machines, sensors, and devices, even in the most remote places. Providing a secure, reliable, and cost-effective solution for large-scale deployment of industrial sensors and […]

SEGGER emNet supports Siemens’ smart Ethernet-APL field devices for the process industry

Written by Frank Riemenschneider on July 29th, 2021February 24th, 2022. Leave a comment

Process plants are operated across a wide range of industries. This includes producers of food, wood, steel, metal-based products, chemicals and many more. These factories have a typical lifespan of more than 20 years and must be safe for people, product and environment. The vision of Industry 4.0 or Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is […]

Stylish and comfortable check-in/-out terminal with emPower OS

Written by Frank Riemenschneider on July 7th, 2021July 26th, 2021. Leave a comment

To record the presence of its employees, companies rely on a wide variety of products available on the market. SEGGER decided to take a different approach: using a 3D printer for the case, a commercially available development board costing only 50 euros, and SEGGER’s own all-in-one embedded operating system emPower OS, it developed a stylish […]

Security at your fingertips — SEGGER’s emUSB powers StarSign Key Fob by Giesecke + Devrient

Written by Frank Riemenschneider on June 24th, 2021August 30th, 2021. 1 Comment

Giesecke + Devrient (G+D) is a world-renowned company and a global leader in security technology protecting physical and digital payments, the connectivity of people and machines, the identity of people and objects, as well as digital infrastructures and confidential data. More about the company can be found at the end of the article. A great […]

Forze Hydrogen Racing — Pole position thanks to SEGGER

Written by Frank Riemenschneider on June 7th, 2021July 15th, 2021. 4 Comments

Forze Hydrogen Racing is a student team whose mission is to show the potential of green energy — specifically hydrogen energy — through the design, production and racing of fuel cell powered vehicles. In less than 13 years, the team has evolved from building hydrogen go-karts to full-size LMP3-based hydrogen electric racing cars — supported […]

Size matters — Using emCompress to accelerate firmware updates via CAN bus

Written by Frank Riemenschneider on May 12th, 2021January 12th, 2022. 1 Comment

With the increasing complexity of today’s embedded devices, customers expect multiple firmware updates over the life of an embedded device. Generally speaking, firmware upgrades and other static content only grow in size over the life of a device, e.g. the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) installed in modern cars. The larger the firmware image and the […]

SEGGER’s Flasher PRO increases production reliability for VIESSMANN

Written by Frank Riemenschneider on April 7th, 2021October 14th, 2022.

SEGGER continuously advances its products. First, SEGGER uses their own tools, better products mean better output. Second, the R&D departments also value customer feedback and place great ideas onto their to-do lists. In this case, SEGGER’s Embedded Experts identified how they could help VIESSMANN, an existing SEGGER customer, who was aiming to minimize the time […]