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 3.3 seconds?
- 2.⏱️ A program says “wait 5000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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3.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 4.⏱️ What does “wait 500 ms” do? (a) pauses for half a second (b) waits 500 seconds (c) blinks 500 times (d) turns the LED off
- 5.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.9 seconds?
- 6.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.7 seconds?
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7.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 8.⏱️ A program says “wait 4500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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9.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 10.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.4 seconds?
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11.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
12.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
13.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 950 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? - 15.⏱️ A program says “wait 1000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 16.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4 seconds?
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17.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 18.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.9 seconds?
- 19.⏱️ A program says “wait 8250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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20.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
21.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 22.⏱️ A program says “wait 9750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 23.⏱️ A program says “wait 4250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 24.⏱️ A program says “wait 9500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 25.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.1 seconds?
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26.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
28.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 29.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.2 seconds?
- 30.⏱️ A program says “wait 9250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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31.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 32.⏱️ A program says “wait 5500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 33.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.6 seconds?
- 34.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.8 seconds?
- 35.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 100 (b) 60 (c) 10 (d) 1000
- 36.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.5 seconds?
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37.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 1700 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 20 seconds? -
38.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds? -
39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1200 ms; LED OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 20 seconds? -
40.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds?
Answer key
- 3300
- 5
- 7000
- pauses for half a second
- 2900
- 3700
- 700
- 4.5
- 10800
- 2400
- 8800
- 750
- 9600
- 3
- 1
- 4000
- 500
- 900
- 8.25
- 1000
- 3500
- 9.75
- 4.25
- 9.5
- 4100
- 13000
- 1100
- 11000
- 4200
- 9.25
- 2700
- 5.5
- 2600
- 3800
- 1000
- 1500
- 10
- 25
- 10
- 10
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