Development Tools, Embedded Software, Embedded Studio, emWin, J-Link

Reviving a classic electronic game using SEGGER tools and software (Part I)

Written by Axel Wolf on .

In the early 1980s, the first electronic games started to emerge. I was a young teenager at the time, so they certainly caught my attention. One of my favorite games was “Galaxis,” which was released in 1980 by the well-known German company Ravensburger. I even own the game to this day, and it still works!

A little while ago, just for fun, I had the idea of implementing Galaxis on the NXP evaluation kit for the i.MX RT1052, using SEGGER tools and software. I also wanted to see if I was still able to produce some working C code. This three-part blog post series documents this endeavor.

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Development Tools, Embedded Software, Production Tools

From concept to completion: SEGGER’s toolkit for embedded development

Written by Bianca Schmidt on .

Imagine you’re just stepping into the world of embedded systems. Your possibilities as a developer are endless—from creating smart home devices to powering industrial automation. But with so many tools, technologies, and processes to learn, where do you even begin?

J-Link

ChatGPT’s take on SEGGER J-Links: An insightful “conversation”

Written by Bianca Schmidt on .

At SEGGER, we strive to deliver products that make developers go, “Wow!” SEGGER’s J-Link debug probes have an excellent reputation in the embedded industry – the real world full of real people. However, we were still curious to hear what the ever-growing artificial world had to say, so we asked ChatGPT about our market-leading devices. […]

Development Tools, J-Link, J-Trace

Debugging with external memory: J-Link adds Dual Memory Maps

Written by Martin Baldwin on .

J-Link debug probes do two important things: they download programs into RAM or flash memory, and they enable debugging in real time, with the setting of unlimited breakpoints, viewing of memory registers, and much more. Without this debugging ability, we are back to trial and error. When the debug process just stops, with no way […]

Embedded Studio, emSim

Automated testing made easy with emSim

Written by David Noverraz on .

Software testing, for embedded or for native solutions, can seem like a headache, but it doesn’t have to be! Of course, there are challenges. Time and resource limitations can restrict the level of testing, and it is difficult to simulate all real-world scenarios and corner cases. This can lead to defects being found in the […]

emUSB-Device, emWeb

A whole new way to interact with headless devices

Written by David Noverraz on .

We are relying more and more on wearable and connected technology, but how do we configure them without a human interface? A great example are the wireless headsets we now all use for video conferencing (thank you, Covid). The initial set up of the minimal devices can be challenging, holding buttons in what can sometimes […]

Development Tools, RISC-V

RISC-V: Dividing efficiently across different hardware

Written by Paul Curtis on .

In previous blog posts I have described the division algorithms SEGGER implemented in emRun. However, which algorithm is best (in terms of code size, execution speed, or power efficiency) is very dependent on the target instruction set architecture (ISA) and the way the ISA is implemented in silicon. This article explains how we help to […]

Development Tools

Size matters – Comparing tool chains and CPUs

Written by Rolf Segger on .

Many people think that in today’s world, the size of a program does not matter. In many cases, that is not true, especially in the world of embedded computing systems. I explain why and introduce a benchmark that makes it possible to easily compare the code-size efficiency of different tool chains (Compiler, assembler, linker, run […]