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+/* mbed Microcontroller Library
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2012 ARM Limited
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+#ifndef MBED_WAIT_API_H
+#define MBED_WAIT_API_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/** Generic wait functions.
+ *
+ * These provide simple NOP type wait capabilities.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * @code
+ * #include "mbed.h"
+ *
+ * DigitalOut heartbeat(LED1);
+ *
+ * int main() {
+ *     while (1) {
+ *         heartbeat = 1;
+ *         wait(0.5);
+ *         heartbeat = 0;
+ *         wait(0.5);
+ *     }
+ * }
+ */
+
+/** Waits for a number of seconds, with microsecond resolution (within
+ *  the accuracy of single precision floating point).
+ *
+ *  @param s number of seconds to wait
+ */
+void wait(float s);
+
+/** Waits a number of milliseconds.
+ *
+ *  @param ms the whole number of milliseconds to wait
+ */
+void wait_ms(int ms);
+
+/** Waits a number of microseconds.
+ *
+ *  @param us the whole number of microseconds to wait
+ */
+void wait_us(int us);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif