JTAGBuddy

JTAGBuddy is a desktop app (with an optional lightweight web dashboard) that standardizes early hardware bring-up and debug for embedded teams. It connects to common debug probes (J-Link, ST-LINK, CMSIS-DAP) and serial adapters, then walks engineers through repeatable “bring-up playbooks” for new boards: power checks, SWD/JTAG scan, target ID validation, flash/erase, basic memory reads, and UART console sanity tests. The core value is not raw debugging power (incumbents already have that), but reducing tribal knowledge and mistakes by turning fragile, undocumented steps into shareable, versioned procedures with logs and artifacts. It produces a single report bundle (probe config, target IDs, logs, screenshots, scripts) that can be attached to tickets or sent to manufacturing/test partners. Realistically, it won’t replace IDE debuggers; it’s a workflow layer that saves time when things are broken and unclear.