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) blinks 500 times (b) waits 500 seconds (c) turns the LED off (d) pauses for half a second
- 2.⏱️ A program says “wait 9500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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3.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
4.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 5.⏱️ A program says “wait 2000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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6.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1500 ms; LED OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 18 seconds? -
7.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 20 seconds? -
8.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
9.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
10.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
11.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 900 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? - 12.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 60 (b) 1000 (c) 10 (d) 100
- 13.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.3 seconds?
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14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? -
15.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
16.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
17.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 18.⏱️ A program says “wait 5750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 19.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.5 seconds?
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20.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
21.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 900 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? -
22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 18 seconds? -
23.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
24.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
25.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 26.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.9 seconds?
- 27.⏱️ A program says “wait 500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
29.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 30.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.3 seconds?
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31.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
32.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 950 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? -
33.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 950 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? -
35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 36.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.7 seconds?
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37.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
38.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 950 ms; LED OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
40.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 9.5
- 11000
- 4900
- 2
- 9
- 50
- 12600
- 5600
- 700
- 1
- 1000
- 300
- 12
- 10
- 12800
- 9000
- 5.75
- 1500
- 1800
- 4
- 45
- 550
- 10
- 600
- 900
- 0.5
- 1250
- 9600
- 4300
- 2500
- 3
- 1200
- 7
- 200
- 700
- 7200
- 1750
- 800
- 1000
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