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) pauses for half a second (c) waits 500 seconds (d) blinks 500 times
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2.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
3.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? -
4.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 5.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 1000 (b) 60 (c) 100 (d) 10
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6.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
7.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
8.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? -
9.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 650 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? - 10.⏱️ A program says “wait 8250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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11.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 12.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.7 seconds?
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13.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? -
14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 1450 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? - 15.⏱️ A program says “wait 7500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 16.⏱️ A program says “wait 7000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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17.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds? -
18.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 500 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
19.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
20.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 1550 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
21.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 650 ms; LED OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 22.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.7 seconds?
- 23.⏱️ A program says “wait 5000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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24.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? - 25.⏱️ A program says “wait 750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 26.⏱️ A program says “wait 2250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? - 30.⏱️ A program says “wait 3250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 31.⏱️ A program says “wait 8750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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32.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 18 seconds? -
33.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? - 35.⏱️ A program says “wait 6500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 36.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.1 seconds?
- 37.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3 seconds?
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38.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1700 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
39.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
40.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 4200
- 10
- 10500
- 1000
- 2000
- 11900
- 1
- 4
- 8.25
- 1200
- 4700
- 12
- 1
- 7.5
- 7
- 10
- 700
- 350
- 1
- 1450
- 1700
- 5
- 2
- 0.75
- 2.25
- 500
- 25
- 50
- 3.25
- 8.75
- 45
- 2400
- 5
- 6.5
- 1100
- 3000
- 1
- 3300
- 11900
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