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Sourcery CodeBench for ARM worth buying?

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Harvs:
Gday all,

So I'm just kicking off in ARM development (STM32 M0 and M4F disco boards are in the mail.)

So it seems you can download the lite G++ from Sourcery and do an install with Eclipse IDE.

But then Sourcery are offering their Eclipse based IDE in a personal edition for $200, which isn't bad for an IDE.

However I'm stuck to find out what this really gives you over following one of the install guides and doing a free install. :-\ 

Is it worth the $200?

Any experiences would be great.
Cheers

andersm:
If you're just starting out, definitely not.

TheDirty:
If you are only using it for personal use and want the convenience of not having to deal with GCC+Eclipse+OpenOCD yourself, I would suggest a personal (non-commercial) license to Rowley Crossworks.  It supports a crapload of different JTAG/SWD programmers and just about every ARM variant there is.  It's $150.

Otherwise try to get a Eclipse+GCC+OpenOCD toolchain going.

alm:
Or try one of the crippled (code size limited) GCC + Eclipse packages that support the STM32, like Atollic Truestudio.

PuterGeek:
Another free possibility is CooCox http://www.embest-tech.com/coocox/ with GNU Tools for ARM Embedded Processors https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded/

CooCox was bought in 2011 by Embest, a Farnell company. The GNU Tools are affiliated with Linaro and partially sponsored by ARM.

Beyond the price, CooCox is a true embedded IDE based on Eclipse. I'm not sure how well the Eclipse plug-ins work but it may be worth a try.

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