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) 100 (b) 1000 (c) 10 (d) 60
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2.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? -
3.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? -
4.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 16 seconds? -
5.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 6.⏱️ What does “wait 500 ms” do? (a) waits 500 seconds (b) turns the LED off (c) blinks 500 times (d) pauses for half a second
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7.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 550 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
8.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? -
9.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? -
10.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? -
11.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 12.⏱️ A program says “wait 3000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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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 9 seconds? -
14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 15.⏱️ A program says “wait 7500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 16.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.5 seconds?
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17.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 650 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
18.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 600 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 19.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.7 seconds?
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20.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
21.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? - 22.⏱️ A program says “wait 250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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23.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
24.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
25.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? -
26.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 29.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.2 seconds?
- 30.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.6 seconds?
- 31.⏱️ A program says “wait 9250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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32.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 900 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
33.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds? - 34.⏱️ A program says “wait 1750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 800 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
36.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
37.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 38.⏱️ A program says “wait 4750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
40.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take?
Answer key
- 1000
- 12
- 15
- 40
- 7000
- pauses for half a second
- 1400
- 40
- 28
- 10
- 2600
- 3
- 18
- 1050
- 7.5
- 500
- 950
- 1000
- 3700
- 2400
- 20
- 0.25
- 2200
- 700
- 5
- 500
- 1450
- 1500
- 4200
- 4600
- 9.25
- 950
- 5
- 1.75
- 10
- 15000
- 350
- 4.75
- 450
- 600
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