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) 60 (b) 100 (c) 1000 (d) 10
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2.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
3.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 4.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4 seconds?
- 5.⏱️ What does “wait 500 ms” do? (a) turns the LED off (b) blinks 500 times (c) waits 500 seconds (d) pauses for half a second
- 6.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.1 seconds?
- 7.⏱️ A program says “wait 1250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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8.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? -
9.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 500 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
10.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
11.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
12.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
13.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 14.⏱️ A program says “wait 9750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 15.⏱️ A program says “wait 2250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 16.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.3 seconds?
- 17.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.9 seconds?
- 18.⏱️ A program says “wait 3250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 19.⏱️ A program says “wait 500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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20.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 800 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 21.⏱️ A program says “wait 3000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 1800 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 14 seconds? -
23.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 24.⏱️ A program says “wait 2500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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25.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
26.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 27.⏱️ A program says “wait 6500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 28.⏱️ A program says “wait 5000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
31.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? -
32.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 500 ms; LED OFF; wait 550 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 33.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.5 seconds?
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34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? -
35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? -
36.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? -
37.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 800 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 38.⏱️ A program says “wait 7250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 40.⏱️ A program says “wait 3750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
Answer key
- 1000
- 5600
- 4500
- 4000
- pauses for half a second
- 3100
- 1.25
- 18
- 850
- 1050
- 13500
- 500
- 6000
- 9.75
- 2.25
- 4300
- 2900
- 3.25
- 0.5
- 1100
- 3
- 7
- 4500
- 2.5
- 40
- 800
- 6.5
- 5
- 1100
- 10
- 4
- 1050
- 4500
- 4
- 32
- 6
- 1000
- 7.25
- 400
- 3.75
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