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.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 3.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 1000 (b) 100 (c) 10 (d) 60
- 4.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.5 seconds?
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5.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
6.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 7.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.5 seconds?
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8.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? - 9.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.2 seconds?
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10.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
11.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds? -
12.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
13.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
14.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
15.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
16.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
17.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? - 18.⏱️ A program says “wait 2500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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19.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 20.⏱️ A program says “wait 4500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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21.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 12 seconds? - 23.⏱️ A program says “wait 1250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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24.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
25.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
26.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? - 27.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 5 seconds?
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28.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 650 ms; LED OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1000 ms; LED OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 14 seconds? - 31.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.5 seconds?
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32.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 33.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1 seconds?
- 34.⏱️ A program says “wait 3000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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35.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 36.⏱️ A program says “wait 4000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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37.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 600 ms; LED OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
38.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 600 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? -
40.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 2400
- 1000
- 500
- 9900
- 7000
- 4500
- 20
- 200
- 9600
- 5
- 50
- 750
- 2000
- 5
- 2400
- 4
- 2.5
- 150
- 4.5
- 1000
- 30
- 1.25
- 600
- 800
- 24
- 5000
- 2200
- 1650
- 7
- 2500
- 1250
- 1000
- 3
- 6000
- 4
- 1400
- 800
- 6
- 2400
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