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 are in 1 second? (a) 10 (b) 60 (c) 1000 (d) 100
- 2.⏱️ A program says “wait 3750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 3.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.6 seconds?
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4.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
5.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
6.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
7.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds? - 8.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.8 seconds?
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9.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? - 10.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.3 seconds?
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11.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
12.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
13.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 900 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? - 14.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.5 seconds?
- 15.⏱️ A program says “wait 10000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 16.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.7 seconds?
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17.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 18.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.1 seconds?
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19.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
20.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 1450 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 18 seconds? -
21.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 22.⏱️ A program says “wait 1500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 23.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 5 seconds?
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24.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 25.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.6 seconds?
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26.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 600 ms; LED OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 27.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.5 seconds?
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28.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
29.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
31.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
32.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 14 seconds? -
33.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
34.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 35.⏱️ A program says “wait 9000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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36.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
37.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? - 38.⏱️ What does “wait 500 ms” do? (a) waits 500 seconds (b) turns the LED off (c) pauses for half a second (d) blinks 500 times
- 39.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4 seconds?
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40.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds?
Answer key
- 1000
- 3.75
- 3600
- 350
- 5400
- 3600
- 20
- 3800
- 12
- 3300
- 1200
- 2200
- 1
- 3500
- 10
- 2700
- 1800
- 4100
- 450
- 9
- 2700
- 1.5
- 5000
- 800
- 4600
- 1600
- 2500
- 1800
- 9800
- 200
- 450
- 35
- 1200
- 5400
- 9
- 3000
- 20
- pauses for half a second
- 4000
- 40
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