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) waits 500 seconds (c) blinks 500 times (d) pauses for half a second
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2.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? - 3.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 100 (b) 60 (c) 1000 (d) 10
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4.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
5.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
6.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
7.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 8.⏱️ A program says “wait 5000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 9.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.6 seconds?
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10.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
11.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 12.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.2 seconds?
- 13.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.8 seconds?
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14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 15.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.3 seconds?
- 16.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.5 seconds?
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17.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
18.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? - 19.⏱️ A program says “wait 3750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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20.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
21.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 22.⏱️ A program says “wait 1250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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23.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 1850 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 14 seconds? -
24.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
25.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 26.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.9 seconds?
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27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? - 28.⏱️ A program says “wait 250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 29.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 5 seconds?
- 30.⏱️ A program says “wait 2250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 31.⏱️ A program says “wait 3500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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32.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? -
33.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 34.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.9 seconds?
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35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 650 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 36.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.6 seconds?
- 37.⏱️ A program says “wait 1000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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38.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1600 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? - 39.⏱️ A program says “wait 4000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 40.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.2 seconds?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 10
- 1000
- 3600
- 2000
- 25
- 700
- 5
- 4600
- 2400
- 2100
- 3200
- 1800
- 400
- 1300
- 500
- 7000
- 35
- 3.75
- 7700
- 3600
- 1.25
- 7
- 10800
- 1050
- 2900
- 6
- 0.25
- 5000
- 2.25
- 3.5
- 28
- 3600
- 900
- 1000
- 3600
- 1
- 5
- 4
- 2200
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