New Software Enhanced J-Link Plus

Hilden, Germany – November 7th, 2012 – SEGGER Microcontroller introduces a new member to the J-Link family: The fast and feature rich J-Link Plus. The J-Link Plus includes licenses for all J-Link related software enhancements. The developer now receives access to an unlimited number of breakpoints while debugging in flash memory and a production grade flash programming utility (J-Flash). Another benefit is compatibility with all popular tool-chains, including GDB and RDI based tool-chains for ARM and Renesas RX cores.

As with all J-Link models, the J-Link Plus comes with SEGGER's exceptionally fast flash programming algorithms, allowing download into external CFI-compliant flashes as well as the internal flash of all common microcontrollers. Related software and firmware updates are free of charge.
The price tag for the J-Link Plus is 498 Euro.

 “Due to the overwhelming success of the J-Link Ultra+, which is the same as the J-Link Ultra, plus all software licenses for the unit, we decided to come up with a similar unit for J-Link with all licenses included: The J-Link Plus”, says Dirk Akemann, marketing manager of SEGGER.

About J-Link

The SEGGER J-Link is the industry-standard for ARM debug emulators, supported by all major tool chains for ARM cores. The SEGGER J-Link is independent and will work with IDEs from: Freescale, IAR, KEIL, Mentor Graphics, Rowley, Renesas, Tasking, Phyton and others. In addition to those listed above; any RDI compliant debugger can be used with the optional RDI module, and any GDB compliant debugger with the free GDB-Server. Therefore; as projects change, a different compiler/debugger may have to be used. With the J-Link family, investments (monetary and learning curve) in development/production tools are preserved. Setup of a J-Link is done in mere minutes.

J-Link supports multiple CPU families, such as ARM 7, 9, 11, Cortex-M0, M1, M3, M4, R4, A5, A8, A9, Renesas RX in a single model; there is typically no need to buy a new J-Link or new license when switching to a different CPU family or tool-chain. SEGGER is also continuously adding support for additional cores, which in most cases, only requires a software/firmware update. Unlimited free updates are included with even the baseline model of the J-Link. SEGGER is excited to continue advanced development of its cutting edge embedded tool solutions to be utilized with pretty much any development environment you choose. All J-Links are fully compatible to each other, so an upgrade from a lower-end model to a higher end model is a matter of a simple plug-and-play.

Full product specifications are available at the Indes site.

The J-Link-Software is available at: http://www.segger.com/download_jlink.html

For any enquiries regarding SEGGER, please contact Glenn Moloney

07-11-2012