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diff --git a/docs/source/arduino/micros.rst b/docs/source/arduino/micros.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cdee497 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/arduino/micros.rst @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +.. _arduino-micros: + +micros() +======== + +Description +----------- + +Returns the number of microseconds since the Arduino board began +running the current program. This number will overflow (go back to +zero), after approximately 70 minutes. On 16 MHz Arduino boards +(e.g. Duemilanove and Nano), this function has a resolution of four +microseconds (i.e. the value returned is always a multiple of +four). On 8 MHz Arduino boards (e.g. the LilyPad), this function +has a resolution of eight microseconds. + + + +*Note*: there are 1,000 microseconds in a millisecond and 1,000,000 +microseconds in a second. + + + +Parameters +---------- + +None + + + +Returns +------- + +Number of microseconds since the program started (*unsigned long*) + + + +Example +------- + +:: + + unsigned long time; + + void setup(){ + Serial.begin(9600); + } + void loop(){ + Serial.print("Time: "); + time = micros(); + //prints time since program started + Serial.println(time); + // wait a second so as not to send massive amounts of data + delay(1000); + } + + + +See also +-------- + + +- `millis <http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/Millis>`_\ () +- `delay <http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/Delay>`_\ () +- `delayMicroseconds <http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/DelayMicroseconds>`_\ () + |