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
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2.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? - 3.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 100 (b) 1000 (c) 60 (d) 10
- 4.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.5 seconds?
- 5.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.9 seconds?
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6.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? - 7.⏱️ A program says “wait 9000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 8.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.1 seconds?
- 9.⏱️ A program says “wait 3500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 10.⏱️ A program says “wait 8500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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11.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
12.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? - 13.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.1 seconds?
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14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? - 15.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.3 seconds?
- 16.⏱️ A program says “wait 7250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 17.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.1 seconds?
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18.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 800 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 19.⏱️ A program says “wait 4250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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20.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
21.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 950 ms; LED OFF; wait 1050 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? - 22.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.7 seconds?
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23.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
24.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 25.⏱️ A program says “wait 6000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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26.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? - 28.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.7 seconds?
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29.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? -
31.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? - 32.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.3 seconds?
- 33.⏱️ A program says “wait 1250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 34.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.6 seconds?
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35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1950 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? -
36.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
37.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 38.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.2 seconds?
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39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? - 40.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1 seconds?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 2
- 1000
- 500
- 2900
- 30
- 9
- 4100
- 3.5
- 8.5
- 1400
- 35
- 100
- 16
- 2300
- 7.25
- 1100
- 1200
- 4.25
- 3600
- 1
- 2700
- 8100
- 750
- 6
- 17000
- 40
- 4700
- 1200
- 8
- 45
- 3300
- 1.25
- 3600
- 4
- 750
- 600
- 1200
- 4
- 1000
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