From a0549b4a15a7093f990fffa4bc1d2d52ec1c16e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hanna Mendes Levitin Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 03:37:07 -0600 Subject: docs, now with style --- docs/source/lang/api/micros.rst | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/source/lang/api/micros.rst (limited to 'docs/source/lang/api/micros.rst') diff --git a/docs/source/lang/api/micros.rst b/docs/source/lang/api/micros.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f12976b --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/source/lang/api/micros.rst @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +.. highlight:: cpp + +.. _lang-micros: + +micros() +======== + +Returns the number of microseconds since the Maple board began running +the current program. This number will overflow (go back to zero), +after approximately 70 minutes. + +.. note:: There are 1,000 microseconds in a millisecond, and 1,000,000 + microseconds in a second. + +Library Documentation +--------------------- + +.. doxygenfunction:: micros + +Example +------- + +:: + + unsigned int time; + + void setup() { + } + + void loop() { + SerialUSB.print("Time: "); + time = micros(); + // prints time since program started + SerialUSB.println(time); + // wait a second so as not to send massive amounts of data + delay(1000); + } + +See Also +-------- + +- :ref:`millis() ` +- :ref:`delay() ` +- :ref:`delayMicroseconds() ` + +.. include:: cc-attribution.txt -- cgit v1.2.3