Supported Targets	ESP32	ESP32-C2	ESP32-C3	ESP32-C6	ESP32-H2	ESP32-S2	ESP32-S3

Hello world example

This is the simplest buildable example made to be used as a template for new projects running Arduino-esp32 as an ESP-IDF component. See Arduino-esp32 in ESP Registry.

How to use example

To create a ESP-IDF project from this example with the latest release of Arduino-esp32, you can simply run command: idf.py create-project-from-example "espressif/arduino-esp32:hello_world". ESP-IDF will download all dependencies needed from the component registry and setup the project for you.

If you want to use cloned Arduino-esp32 repository, you can build this example directly. Go to the example folder arduino-esp32/idf_component_examples/hello_world. First you need to comment line 6 pre_release: true in examples /main/idf_component.yml. Then just run command: idf.py build.

Example folder contents

The project hello_world contains one source file in C++ language main.cpp. The file is located in folder main.

ESP-IDF projects are built using CMake. The project build configuration is contained in CMakeLists.txt files that provide set of directives and instructions describing the project's source files and targets (executable, library, or both).

Below is short explanation of remaining files in the project folder.

├── CMakeLists.txt
├── main
│   ├── CMakeLists.txt
│   ├── idf_component.yml
│   └── main.cpp
└── README.md                  This is the file you are currently reading

How to add Arduino libraries

In the project create folder components/ and clone the library there. In the library folder create new CMakeLists.txt file, add lines shown below to the file and edit the SRCS to match the library source files.

idf_component_register(SRCS "user_library.cpp" "another_source.c"
                      INCLUDE_DIRS "."
                      REQUIRES arduino-esp32
                      )

Below is structure of the project folder with the Arduino libraries.

├── CMakeLists.txt
├── components
│   ├── user_library
│   │   ├── CMakeLists.txt     This needs to be added
│   │   ├── ...
├── main
│   ├── CMakeLists.txt
│   ├── idf_component.yml
│   └── main.cpp
└── README.md                  This is the file you are currently reading