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) 60 (c) 10 (d) 1000
- 2.⏱️ A program says “wait 1000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 3.⏱️ What does “wait 500 ms” do? (a) waits 500 seconds (b) blinks 500 times (c) pauses for half a second (d) turns the LED off
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4.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? - 5.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.9 seconds?
- 6.⏱️ A program says “wait 6000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 7.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.7 seconds?
- 8.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.6 seconds?
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9.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 700 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
10.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 600 ms; LED OFF; wait 1400 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 14 seconds? - 11.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.4 seconds?
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12.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 13.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.8 seconds?
- 14.⏱️ A program says “wait 7250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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15.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 550 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 16.⏱️ A program says “wait 8250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 17.⏱️ A program says “wait 2000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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18.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? -
19.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
20.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 1950 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? -
21.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? -
23.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
24.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 25.⏱️ A program says “wait 5250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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26.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? -
27.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 800 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
29.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 30.⏱️ A program says “wait 8750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 31.⏱️ A program says “wait 4250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 32.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1 seconds?
- 33.⏱️ A program says “wait 5500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1650 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 18 seconds? -
35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
36.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 600 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? -
37.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 38.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2 seconds?
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39.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
40.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 16 seconds?
Answer key
- 1000
- 1
- pauses for half a second
- 14
- 4900
- 6
- 1700
- 600
- 1400
- 7
- 2400
- 5500
- 800
- 7.25
- 700
- 8.25
- 2
- 45
- 40
- 3
- 1050
- 20
- 7700
- 1000
- 5.25
- 35
- 3000
- 1200
- 1000
- 8.75
- 4.25
- 1000
- 5.5
- 9
- 250
- 3
- 550
- 2000
- 11200
- 40
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