SEGGER J-Link Software Now Available for Microsoft Windows on Arm

By Tiera Oliver

Associate Editor

Embedded Computing Design

December 20, 2021

News

SEGGER J-Link Software Now Available for Microsoft Windows on Arm

Following Microsoft recently announcing Windows on Arm, SEGGER has released a J-Link software package specifically for this platform. It can be downloaded and used with all J-Link and J-Trace units at no cost.
 

The software in the new package runs natively on Arm processors, ensuring that no performance or power is lost in emulation. Per the company, using J-Link and J-Trace with Windows on Arm looks and feels the same as working on an Intel/AMD-powered computer.

The new package contains the same components as the J-Link suite of software available for other operating systems and provides identical functionality. This includes command-line programs as well as GUI tools such as J-FlashJ-Flash SPI, J-Scope, the J-Link Configurator, and the GUI version of the SEGGER GDB Server.

SEGGER tested J-Link software with Windows on Arm natively using a Microsoft Surface tablet and a Raspberry Pi, as well as in a virtual machine on an Arm-powered M1 Mac.

According to the company, SEGGER J-Links are the most widely used line of debug probes on the market. J-Link opens the door to development tools, from commercial toolchains to GDB-driven ones. With features such as Real-Time Transfer (RTT) for interactive user I/O in embedded applications and High Speed Sampling (HSS) for data acquisition, J-Link is a key component of third-party utilities that provide real-time system tracing and inspection.

With J-Link comes many utilities such as the J-Link GDB Server and J-Scope for real-time time data visualization.

The J-Link software package also comes with J-Flash, a production-grade programming software, and Ozone, the J-Link debugger (J-Link PLUS or higher).
Also available is SEGGER Embedded Studio for generating, downloading, and debugging programs using J-Link.

For additional information about J-Link, please visit: 
https://www.segger.com/products/debug-probes/j-link/ 

Tiera Oliver, Associate Editor for Embedded Computing Design, is responsible for web content edits, product news, and constructing stories. She also assists with newsletter updates as well as contributing and editing content for ECD podcasts and the ECD YouTube channel. Before working at ECD, Tiera graduated from Northern Arizona University where she received her B.S. in journalism and political science and worked as a news reporter for the university’s student led newspaper, The Lumberjack.

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