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author | Marti Bolivar <mbolivar@mit.edu> | 2010-10-20 06:46:52 -0400 |
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committer | Marti Bolivar <mbolivar@mit.edu> | 2010-10-20 06:46:52 -0400 |
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diff --git a/docs/source/arduino/millis.rst b/docs/source/arduino/millis.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..009517d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/arduino/millis.rst @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +.. _arduino-millis: + +millis() +======== + +Description +----------- + +Returns the number of milliseconds since the Arduino board began +running the current program. This number will overflow (go back to +zero), after approximately 50 days. + + + +Parameters +---------- + +None + + + +Returns +------- + +Number of milliseconds since the program started (*unsigned long*) + + + +Example +------- + +:: + + unsigned long time; + + void setup(){ + Serial.begin(9600); + } + void loop(){ + Serial.print("Time: "); + time = millis(); + //prints time since program started + Serial.println(time); + // wait a second so as not to send massive amounts of data + delay(1000); + } + + + +Tip: +---- + +Note that the parameter for millis is an unsigned long, errors may +be generated if a programmer tries to do math with other datatypes +such as ints. + + + +See also +-------- + + +- `micros <http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/Micros>`_\ () +- `delay <http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/Delay>`_\ () +- `delayMicroseconds <http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/DelayMicroseconds>`_\ () +- `Tutorial: Blink Without Delay <http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/BlinkWithoutDelay>`_ + |