Re: what are the correct high/low maximums for _delay_ms()/_delay_us()

[Joerg Wunsch]

As Britton Kerin wrote:

> I guess the high-res maximums are 262.14 ms / F_CPU in MH for
> _delay_ms() and 768 us / F_CPU in MHz for _dalay_us() regardless of
> the availability of __builtin_avr_delay_cycles(), but
> the way the _delay_ms() and _delay_us() descriptions are written this
> is not entirely clear.  Am I correct?

I think you are.  They work beyond that now (has not always been the
case) but lose a bit of accuracy/resolution.

However, for the usual LED "I want 1 Hz" flasher, it's OK to have two
_delay_ms(500) calls between turning the LED on and off.

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