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diff --git a/docs/source/arduino/micros.rst b/docs/source/arduino/micros.rst deleted file mode 100644 index cdee497..0000000 --- a/docs/source/arduino/micros.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,66 +0,0 @@ -.. _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>`_\ () - |