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+/* --COPYRIGHT--,BSD\r
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Texas Instruments Incorporated\r
+ * All rights reserved.\r
+ *\r
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without\r
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions\r
+ * are met:\r
+ *\r
+ * * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright\r
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.\r
+ *\r
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+ * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.\r
+ *\r
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+ * its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived\r
+ * from this software without specific prior written permission.\r
+ *\r
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"\r
+ * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,\r
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+ * EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.\r
+ * --/COPYRIGHT--*/\r
+/*\r
+ * ======== hal.h ========\r
+ *\r
+ * Device and board specific pins need to be configured here\r
+ *\r
+ */\r
+\r
+\r
+void initPorts(void);\r
+void initClocks(uint32_t mclkFreq);\r
+//Released_Version_4_10_02\r