yield()

Abstract

The yeild() is a function to relinquish the CPU to make another task to use CPU. But in case of Arduino Uno, it dose nothing.

Source Code

The yield() is defined in hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino/hooks.c as below.

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/**
 * Empty yield() hook.
 *
 * This function is intended to be used by library writers to build
 * libraries or sketches that supports cooperative threads.
 *
 * Its defined as a weak symbol and it can be redefined to implement a
 * real cooperative scheduler.
 */
static void __empty() {
    // Empty
}
void yield(void) __attribute__ ((weak, alias("__empty")));

The yield() is defined as __empty() and the __empty() dose nothing.

The attribute is specified as weak, a user can redefine this function.

Version

Arduino AVR Boards 1.8.6

License

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/*
  Copyright (c) 2016 garretlab.
  Added source code explanation by garretlab.
*/

/*
  Copyright (c) 2012 Arduino.  All right reserved.

  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
*/

Last Update

July 31, 2025