Embedded Studio

Streamline workflows and boost embedded development efficiency with the all-in-one IDE: Embedded Studio.

Overview

SEGGER's Embedded Studio is a comprehensive integrated development environment (IDE) designed specifically for managing, building, testing, and deploying embedded applications. This means smooth, efficient development operations thanks to a wide range of features. Tailored to meet the needs of developers working with a variety of microcontrollers, Embedded Studio streamlines the entire development process, reducing time-to-market and ensuring reliable, robust performance.

Key features

Embedded Studio provides a comprehensive set of tools, including an editor, compiler, debugger, and simulator—all in a single application. Embedded Studio PRO introduces a wide range of libraries and example projects, allowing users to quickly implement common functionalities and accelerate development.

The ability to integrate critical elements streamlines the development process by eliminating the need to switch between multiple tools. With its Visual Studio-like interface, Embedded Studio also offers user-friendliness that enhances developer productivity.

Built-in toolchains

Embedded Studio comes with two toolchains: SEGGER and GCC, both of which are ready-to-run. External toolchains like LLVM, IAR, or the ARM/KEIL compiler can also be used. All toolchains under one proverbial roof means maximum flexibility.

Smallest executable code

Embedded Studio is designed to reduce code size and improve execution speed, providing developers with code that is optimized for embedded applications. This paves the way for easy creation of fast programs with minimal memory requirements.

Multi-architecture support

Embedded Studio is compatible with a wide range of microcontrollers, including Arm, RISC-V, and other popular platforms. As a result, developers can use a single IDE across different projects, making porting and development very easy.

Use cases

Embedded Studio aids the development of efficient firmware for embedded systems, particularly in resource-constrained environments. This applies to applications critical to performance, for which software must be carefully developed and optimized to ensure functionality, reliability, and efficiency with limited available resources—as is often the case for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, wearables, and medical devices.

Embedded Studio Use Case Multi-processor architectures

Firmware creation for heterogeneous multi-processor architectures

When creating applications for mixed-target architectures, Embedded Studio and its corresponding toolchain can serve as a developer’s single project manager and IDE. It enables the creation of multiple projects within a single solution that includes all code.

Embedded Studio Use Case Firmware development

Firmware development for MCUs with constrained resources

With its efficient compiler and integrated runtime library, Embedded Studio produces highly optimized code. This is particularly useful when developing firmware for real-time applications, medical devices, or IoT devices for which a constrained microcontroller's limited memory and processing power must be utilized effectively.

Embedded Studio Use Case Multi-platform support

Flexible software development with multi-platform support

Embedded Studio can be used on Windows, Linux, or MacOS, as is often required in multi-disciplinary or international teams, where developers with different preferences, experiences, and needs work collaboratively. This ensures maximum flexibility and efficiency.

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"Working with SEGGER has been great from the start. The project got off the ground quickly, evolved well, and is running smoothly. As long as our targets are supported, we have no reason to use any tools other than those from SEGGER."

// Christof Kerschbaumer, ekey, Linz, Austria

How Embedded Studio works

Embedded Studio is a software application for use throughout the entire software development cycle. It guides and simplifies the development process with features like syntax highlighting, code completion, and real-time error checking. With Embedded Studio's integrated and advanced debugging features, users can easily identify and fix bugs by setting breakpoints, stepping through code, inspecting variables, and evaluating expressions.

Tool set

Package manager

Embedded Studio simplifies software management by enabling users to seamlessly download, update, and integrate libraries, tools, and board-support packages directly into their respective projects.

Project manager

Embedded Studio allows streamlining of project organization and development via management of files, build configurations, and dependencies.

Code editor

The code editor enhances development efficiency with features like syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, and integrated diagnostics for seamless coding.

Code analyzers

Embedded Studio includes tools that allow memory analysis, static stack analysis, static code analysis, and trace and profile execution.

Runtime library

Embedded Studio includes the complete emRun C runtime library as well as the emRun++ C++ standard library, both of which are specifically designed and optimized for embedded applications.

Graphical debugger

Embedded Studio provides an intuitive interface for debugging, with advanced visualization of application behavior, real-time insights, and seamless integration with J‑Link.

RTOS awareness

The RTOS awareness plug-in for Embedded Studio enables the visualization of task activity and stack use during debugging sessions.

Simulator

Embedded Studio contains a full instruction-set simulator (emSim) for supported architectures. It is ideal for familiarizing oneself with new architectures, writing and testing application programs with no hardware present, and utilizing automated testing.

SEGGER Toolchain

In software development, a toolchain is critical—especially in embedded systems. A compiler translates source code into machine code, a linker combines different code modules into a single executable, and a C++ library provides all of the features that make object-oriented programming fast and easy.

Together, these tools simplify the development process by ensuring efficient and optimized code. A well-integrated toolchain reduces errors, simplifies debugging, and enhances performance—making it a key asset for building reliable, high-quality applications in resource-constrained environments.

SEGGER Compiler

Generation of optimized C/C++ code for embedded systems

The SEGGER Compiler is a Clang-based C/C++ compiler for Arm microcontrollers that supports the latest C/C++ language features. It generates fast, compact code using all known Thumb instruction sets.

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SEGGER Linker

Simplified linking and optimized application size

The SEGGER Linker speeds up linking, optimizes application size, simplifies memory layout configuration, and addresses common linking issues in Arm- and RISC-V-based embedded systems.

SEGGER C++ library

An optimized C++ library for modern embedded systems

The SEGGER C++ Library is a complete standard library tailored to embedded systems. As C++ becomes increasingly important for embedded applications, the library is continually updated to meet modern C++ standards.

System requirements

Supported OS
Windows	Microsoft Windows (x64/Arm)
macOS	macOS (x64/Apple Silicon)
Linux	Linux (x64/Arm)

Development system
CPU	2GHz
Memory	4GB RAM
Disk space	2GB

Licensing

Embedded Studio is available under SEGGER's Commercial Use License (CUL) (single user). This license is portable, meaning it is not limited to a single PC, and it can be stored on a J-Link, acting like a USB dongle. This allows full use of Embedded Studio on any computer.

Other license-related terms are available upon request. All available license editions include a 12-month Support and Update Agreement (SUA), and there is also an option to extend support and updates for an additional year (12 months). To purchase a license, please visit the SEGGER Web Shop.

Embedded Studio is also available under SEGGER's Friendly License, which allows free-of-charge use for non-commercial, evaluation, and educational purposes. With this license, the product is fully functional and there are no technical limitations. To download the license, please visit https://www.segger.com/downloads/embedded-studio/.

Buy Embedded Studio Detailed pricing information

	Embedded Studio PRO Cortex-A/R	Embedded Studio PRO Cortex-M	Embedded Studio ARM	Embedded Studio Cortex-M	Embedded Studio RISC-V
emPower OS libraries
Cortex-M
Cortex-R
Cortex-A
Legacy Arm
RISC-V

A complete overview of supported devices can be found on the CPU support page.

Silicon vendor buyouts

SEGGER offers the option to license Embedded Studio for redistribution to corporate customers under a respective company's own terms. In cooperation with silicon vendors, Embedded Studio is available in different editions, such as Arm or RISC-V, and it is free of charge for commercial use. A free commercial license may be used to develop applications for specific devices from a silicon vendor. Free licenses can be activated through the license-request dialog.