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.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.5 seconds?
- 2.⏱️ A program says “wait 1250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 3.⏱️ A program says “wait 2750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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4.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1150 ms; LED OFF; wait 850 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? - 5.⏱️ What does “wait 500 ms” do? (a) pauses for half a second (b) turns the LED off (c) waits 500 seconds (d) blinks 500 times
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6.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
7.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
8.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
9.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
10.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
11.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? -
12.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
13.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 900 ms; LED OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1600 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
15.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 16.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 5 seconds?
- 17.⏱️ A program says “wait 9750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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18.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
19.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 20.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.9 seconds?
- 21.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 100 (b) 60 (c) 10 (d) 1000
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22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
23.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
24.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
25.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
26.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 27.⏱️ A program says “wait 2500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 650 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 29.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.5 seconds?
- 30.⏱️ A program says “wait 5000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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31.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
32.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 33.⏱️ A program says “wait 4000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
35.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
36.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? - 37.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.9 seconds?
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38.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 700 ms; LED OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
39.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
40.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all?
Answer key
- 500
- 1.25
- 2.75
- 5
- pauses for half a second
- 950
- 7500
- 4200
- 450
- 11700
- 2
- 1000
- 1700
- 5
- 20000
- 5000
- 9.75
- 6600
- 800
- 4900
- 1000
- 800
- 900
- 5600
- 14000
- 300
- 2.5
- 900
- 1500
- 5
- 13000
- 7000
- 4
- 800
- 1000
- 5
- 3900
- 1200
- 9900
- 2200
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