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+// Copyright 2019 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) PTE LTD
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/** Major version number (X.x.x) */
+#define ESP_ARDUINO_VERSION_MAJOR   2
+/** Minor version number (x.X.x) */
+#define ESP_ARDUINO_VERSION_MINOR   0
+/** Patch version number (x.x.X) */
+#define ESP_ARDUINO_VERSION_PATCH   0
+
+/**
+ * Macro to convert ARDUINO version number into an integer
+ *
+ * To be used in comparisons, such as ESP_ARDUINO_VERSION >= ESP_ARDUINO_VERSION_VAL(2, 0, 0)
+ */
+#define ESP_ARDUINO_VERSION_VAL(major, minor, patch) ((major << 16) | (minor << 8) | (patch))
+
+/**
+ * Current ARDUINO version, as an integer
+ *
+ * To be used in comparisons, such as ESP_ARDUINO_VERSION >= ESP_ARDUINO_VERSION_VAL(2, 0, 0)
+ */
+#define ESP_ARDUINO_VERSION  ESP_ARDUINO_VERSION_VAL(ESP_ARDUINO_VERSION_MAJOR, \
+                                             ESP_ARDUINO_VERSION_MINOR, \
+                                             ESP_ARDUINO_VERSION_PATCH)
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif