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) blinks 500 times (b) pauses for half a second (c) waits 500 seconds (d) turns the LED off
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2.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 850 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? - 3.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.2 seconds?
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4.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
5.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 6.⏱️ A program says “wait 8500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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7.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
8.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 1850 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
9.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? - 10.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 10 (b) 1000 (c) 100 (d) 60
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11.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 12.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3 seconds?
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13.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? -
15.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 700 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
16.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 1650 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 14 seconds? -
17.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 18.⏱️ A program says “wait 7750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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19.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
20.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 950 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? - 21.⏱️ A program says “wait 8000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1300 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 18 seconds? - 23.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.1 seconds?
- 24.⏱️ A program says “wait 2500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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25.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 26.⏱️ A program says “wait 1250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? - 28.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.9 seconds?
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29.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
30.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 31.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.7 seconds?
- 32.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.3 seconds?
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33.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? -
35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
36.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 37.⏱️ A program says “wait 4750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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38.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? -
39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 600 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
40.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 9
- 1200
- 1500
- 8500
- 8.5
- 3600
- 5
- 6
- 1000
- 5700
- 3000
- 950
- 7
- 1100
- 7
- 1350
- 7.75
- 7000
- 6
- 8
- 9
- 100
- 2.5
- 2400
- 1.25
- 40
- 4900
- 2500
- 11000
- 1700
- 1300
- 6800
- 20
- 700
- 6300
- 4.75
- 5
- 800
- 7
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