======delayMicroseconds() ====== ====Description ==== Pauses the program for the amount of time (in microseconds) specified as parameter. There are a thousand microseconds in a millisecond, and a million microseconds in a second. Currently, the largest value that will produce an accurate delay is 16383. This could change in future Arduino releases. For delays longer than a few thousand microseconds, you should use delay() instead. ====Syntax ==== delayMicroseconds(us) ====Parameters ==== us: the number of microseconds to pause (''unsigned int'') ====Returns ==== None ====Example ==== int outPin = 8; // digital pin 8 void setup() { pinMode(outPin, OUTPUT); // sets the digital pin as output } void loop() { digitalWrite(outPin, HIGH); // sets the pin on delayMicroseconds(50); // pauses for 50 microseconds digitalWrite(outPin, LOW); // sets the pin off delayMicroseconds(50); // pauses for 50 microseconds } configures pin number 8 to work as an output pin. It sends a train of pulses with 100 microseconds period. ====Caveats and Known Issues ==== This function works very accurately in the range 3 microseconds and up. We cannot assure that delayMicroseconds will perform precisely for smaller delay-times. As of Arduino 0018, delayMicroseconds() no longer disables interrupts. ====See also ==== * [[arduino:time:Millis]] * [[arduino:time:Micros]] * [[arduino:time:Delay]] Source: arduino.cc