IDD Fall 2015 / Mbed 2 deprecated idd_cpp_extern

Example of an "extern" declaration to reuse a global variable defined in one file in another file.

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Revision 0:bc708d703171, committed 2015-09-23

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Wed Sep 23 20:45:28 2015 +0000
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+++ b/main.cpp	Wed Sep 23 20:45:28 2015 +0000
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+#include "mbed.h"
+#include "myWait.h"
+DigitalOut redLed(LED_RED);
+DigitalOut greenLed(LED_GREEN);
+
+int main() {
+    while(1) {
+        redLed = 1;
+        myWait(0.2);
+        redLed = 0;
+        myWait(0.2);
+    }
+}

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+http://mbed.org/users/mbed_official/code/mbed/builds/4f6c30876dfa
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--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/myWait.cpp	Wed Sep 23 20:45:28 2015 +0000
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+#include "mbed.h"
+#include "myWait.h"
+
+// extern declares that the global variable greenLed is defined in a different source file
+extern DigitalOut greenLed;
+
+// definition of our custom wait function
+void myWait(float t) {
+    greenLed=0; //turn on
+    wait(t); //wait
+    greenLed=1; //turn off
+}
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--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/myWait.h	Wed Sep 23 20:45:28 2015 +0000
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+#ifndef MYWAIT_H
+#define MYWAIT_H
+
+//declare a custom wait function
+void myWait(float t);
+
+#endif
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