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
- 2.⏱️ 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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3.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? - 4.⏱️ A program says “wait 1000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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5.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? - 6.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.9 seconds?
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7.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? -
8.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 9.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2 seconds?
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10.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
11.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 600 ms; LED OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
12.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
13.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? -
14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 550 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 15.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.9 seconds?
- 16.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.8 seconds?
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17.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
18.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 19.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.6 seconds?
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20.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? -
21.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 16 seconds? -
22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? -
23.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 24.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.6 seconds?
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25.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
26.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 27.⏱️ A program says “wait 7250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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28.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 29.⏱️ A program says “wait 9250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 1700 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
31.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 32.⏱️ A program says “wait 4000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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33.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1000 ms; LED OFF; wait 850 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? -
35.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 36.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.4 seconds?
- 37.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.1 seconds?
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38.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? - 39.⏱️ A program says “wait 8000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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40.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds?
Answer key
- 1000
- pauses for half a second
- 50
- 1
- 6
- 1900
- 40
- 1250
- 2000
- 9000
- 1600
- 5600
- 30
- 950
- 3900
- 3800
- 3400
- 400
- 1600
- 36
- 40
- 16
- 1100
- 4600
- 450
- 10400
- 7.25
- 7000
- 9.25
- 5
- 5100
- 4
- 1850
- 45
- 3500
- 400
- 1100
- 12
- 8
- 16
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