Electronics Worksheet: Blink Programs and Delays
Remember (ON + OFF = one blink): 1 second = 1000 ms. One blink = ON wait + OFF wait. Blinks = total time in ms ÷ one blink; repeat n times takes n × one round.
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- 1.⏱️ What does “wait 500 ms” do? (a) turns the LED off (b) waits 500 seconds (c) pauses for half a second (d) blinks 500 times
- 2.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 100 (b) 10 (c) 60 (d) 1000
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3.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? -
4.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 5.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.7 seconds?
- 6.⏱️ A program says “wait 8250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 7.⏱️ A program says “wait 4500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 8.⏱️ A program says “wait 7500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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9.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
10.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
11.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 650 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 12.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.6 seconds?
- 13.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.3 seconds?
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14.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
15.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 16.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.4 seconds?
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17.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 18.⏱️ A program says “wait 6750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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19.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1000 ms; LED OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
20.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 650 ms; LED OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
21.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? - 22.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.5 seconds?
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23.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
24.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 650 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
25.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? -
26.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 28.⏱️ A program says “wait 1000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 29.⏱️ A program says “wait 250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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30.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
31.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
32.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
33.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 35.⏱️ A program says “wait 3000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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36.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds? -
37.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
38.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 900 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
39.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 40.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.9 seconds?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 1000
- 15
- 2200
- 700
- 8.25
- 4.5
- 7.5
- 500
- 4000
- 900
- 600
- 1300
- 6000
- 600
- 4400
- 12000
- 6.75
- 2000
- 1150
- 36
- 1500
- 3500
- 1600
- 28
- 9100
- 1650
- 1
- 0.25
- 2000
- 1200
- 1200
- 5200
- 850
- 3
- 25
- 1200
- 1250
- 3900
- 3900
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