Posted on May 17, 2011 at 14:25Keil uVision 3 or 4
ulink or jlink jtag pods
STM32 Firmware libraries V2.0.1 thru V3.3.0
I've also tried the IAR platform which is roughly equivalent, both in project management and debugging.
I've used Keil with STR7xx, STR9xx, and a bunch of ATMEL ARM parts.
I've built STM32 code with WinARM
I've built STR7 code with Rowley
I've used makefile with GCC and RealView
I've got headaches using Atollic Lite, projects don't work and orders of magnitude more difficult to use than IAR or Keil
Not sure why you think some other solution will be easier to figure out than the Keil tools you already have. If you are having problems building/creating projects, or porting to different versions of the ST StdPeriph/FW libraries, you really need to work through the documentation for the tools, as IAR and Atollic aren't any easier. Get WinMerge or Araxis Merge if you want to pull code back and forth between projects, or simple shell/template projects you create.
I'm not sure there are any magical embedded development/debugging solutions. You often have to read the manuals, datasheets, app notes and get your hands dirty.
Don't like the tools you have, download some of the Eval/Demo versions of the competitors, pick up some different dev boards.
