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+/**
+ * \file
+ *
+ * \brief Delay related functionality declaration.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2018 Microchip Technology Inc. and its subsidiaries.
+ *
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+
+#ifndef _HPL_DELAY_H_INCLUDED
+#define _HPL_DELAY_H_INCLUDED
+
+/**
+ * \addtogroup HPL Delay
+ *
+ * \section hpl_delay_rev Revision History
+ * - v1.0.0 Initial Release
+ *
+ *@{
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UNIT_TEST_
+#include <compiler.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * \name HPL functions
+ */
+//@{
+
+/**
+ * \brief Initialize delay functionality
+ *
+ * \param[in] hw The pointer to hardware instance
+ */
+void _delay_init(void *const hw);
+
+/**
+ * \brief Retrieve the amount of cycles to delay for the given amount of us
+ *
+ * \param[in] us The amount of us to delay for
+ *
+ * \return The amount of cycles
+ */
+uint32_t _get_cycles_for_us(const uint16_t us);
+
+/**
+ * \brief Retrieve the amount of cycles to delay for the given amount of ms
+ *
+ * \param[in] ms The amount of ms to delay for
+ *
+ * \return The amount of cycles
+ */
+uint32_t _get_cycles_for_ms(const uint16_t ms);
+
+/**
+ * \brief Delay loop to delay n number of cycles
+ *
+ * \param[in] hw The pointer to hardware instance
+ * \param[in] cycles The amount of cycles to delay for
+ */
+void _delay_cycles(void *const hw, uint32_t cycles);
+//@}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+/**@}*/
+#endif /* _HPL_DELAY_H_INCLUDED */