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Not sure if this is the right place for this or not, so excuse me if I have not "chosen wisely."
I'm a hobbyist working on a project that I MAY productize and try to sell. I have begun with the mbed platform of embedded boards. However I have quickly grown tired of their online compiler with no debugging capability. So, now I'm looking for recommendations on good (and reasonably priced) IDE options for ARM embedded development.
I have asked this question elsewhere and have not gotten any really complete answers.
One tool that I have looked at is Sourcery CodeBench from Mentor Graphics. It looks promising but I've not found anyone that has used it. I have gotten a recommendation on Rowley CrossStudio. I have been using the free version of LPCXpresso but it does not optimize code very well and C++ code struggles to fit on my NXP ARM Cortex M3 LPC1347 based board.
So, what are everyone's feelings on development tools? I need to keep a keen eye toward price because at this point this is just a hobby and I can't afford to spend thousands on development tools.
Thanks in advance!
Drew, thanks for the advice.
I was an embedded firmware guy a BUNCH of years ago (now I do higher level C# code for self service hardware) and like the ability to have a local development environment as well as the ability to debug through my code. (No matter how many times I look at a but I rarely see it until I step through it!)
If anyone has experience with Sourcery CodeBanch and/or Rowley CrossStudio, I'd love to hear pluses and minuses!
I may check out the Keil tool and see what it's license limitations are on the eval version.