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+Step 1:
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+Create hello.cpp and hello.h and add the implementation.
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+Example files are in lib folder.
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+Step 2: 
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+Make the archive file (.a) using xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc.exe for ESP32 and use xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc for ESP8266
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+xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc.exe -c hello.cpp -o libhello.o
+xtensa-esp32-elf-ar.exe crf libhello.a libhello.o
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+Note: xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc.exe is located here if you have installed ESP32 in your arduino IDE. 
+You may want to add this path to system env for easy access.
+C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp32\tools\xtensa-esp32s2-elf-gcc\gcc8_4_0-esp-2021r2-patch3\bin\
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+Now you should have a libhello.a in the path.
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+Step 3: 
+1. Make the library for Ardunio (arduino-helloworld-lib) and copy the header files (lib\hello.h) to library src folder (arduino-helloworld-lib\src). 
+2. Copy the libhello.a to arduino-helloworld-lib\src\esp32 or arduino-helloworld-lib\src\esp8266 depending on which gcc you use to create the archive file.
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+Step 4: 
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+Invoke the function from Ardunio sketch. example.ino
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+#include <hello.h> // hello.h header from our library  (arduino-helloworld-lib)
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+#define BAUD_RATE  9600
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+void setup() {
+   Serial.begin(BAUD_RATE);
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+}
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+void loop() {
+  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
+   int result = add(1, 1); // Invokes the add function in libhello.a 
+   Serial.println(result);
+   delay(1000);
+}
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