An IDE combines a range of different tools which are essential for the development of software. Different IDE from different vendors is available.
Here are the IDE that I have used.
- STM CUBE IDE
website: https://www.st.com/en/development-tools/stm32cubeide.html
It is distribuited freely by ST. You can use this and it has a good device support and newer devices are quickly added to it. ST uses the eclipse IDE as the base and then they have customized it heavily for the microcontroller development. It also comes with their ST cube MX integrated in it. Which makes development quicker. From the information i have gathered till now it uses gcc as their compiler. Support is available at the forum hosted by ST on thier website.
They offer support for freeRTOS out of the box. - Keil MDK
website: https://www2.keil.com/mdk5
They have a wide support for ARM based devices. You can download the IDE from thier website. It has two version one is the evaluation which limits your code size to 32 Kilo Bytes; but it is good for begineers. The second is the paid option. In both the version all the tools works fine. It is just the code size that puts a limit.
Keil also host a huge knowledge base on their website. It also has some sample which can be usefull in getting started. - IAR Embedded Workbench for Arm (EWARM)
website : https://www.iar.com/products/architectures/arm/iar-embedded-workbench-for-arm/
They are also used by the electronic industry. They also has their own compiler which is written for the speed. They have a standard layout and option. They are user friendly. From the information gathered by me they have tested functions only. So it is very standardised set of tool. They also have put a limit on their evualtion IDE of 32 Kilo Byte Code size.
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