How to pause the execution time with Arduino IDE - Milliseconds

In this post, it will be seen how to pause the execution code for a certain time.  Basically, this function pauses the program for a certain time and after this time it continues as normal. 

The function for pausing the execution code for a certain time using Arduino IDE is delay().  This function is used to set a time of pause.

*With the next version of Industrial Shields boards won’t be necessary to configure the pins, just selecting the proper board, I/O’s will be automatically configured. 

Function

delay(milliseconds);

Parameters

milliseconds: time expressed in milliseconds -> 1000ms = 1 sec

Example

Code Example, blinking of analog outputs:

void setup() {
  pinMode(A0_5, OUTPUT); // configure A0.5 as OUTPUT
}

void loop() {
  analogWrite(A0_5, 0);
  delay(1000);             // delay 1s
  analogWrite(A0_5, 255); 
  delay(1000);
}