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) 10 (c) 100 (d) 1000
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2.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 16 seconds? -
3.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 4.⏱️ What does “wait 500 ms” do? (a) turns the LED off (b) blinks 500 times (c) pauses for half a second (d) waits 500 seconds
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5.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
6.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 7.⏱️ A program says “wait 1000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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8.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? -
9.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? -
10.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
11.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 1750 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 20 seconds? -
12.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 700 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 13.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.1 seconds?
- 14.⏱️ A program says “wait 9750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 15.⏱️ A program says “wait 1500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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16.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? - 17.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.1 seconds?
- 18.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 5 seconds?
- 19.⏱️ A program says “wait 500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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20.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? -
21.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 20 seconds? -
22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
23.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 900 ms; LED OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 24.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3 seconds?
- 25.⏱️ A program says “wait 2500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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26.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 650 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? -
29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1000 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 650 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? -
31.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
32.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
33.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 34.⏱️ A program says “wait 5250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 35.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.4 seconds?
- 36.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.2 seconds?
- 37.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.9 seconds?
- 38.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.4 seconds?
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39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? - 40.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.3 seconds?
Answer key
- 1000
- 40
- 900
- pauses for half a second
- 550
- 7000
- 1
- 4
- 12
- 650
- 10
- 900
- 100
- 9.75
- 1.5
- 20
- 2100
- 5000
- 0.5
- 4
- 50
- 400
- 1800
- 3000
- 2.5
- 3900
- 1050
- 32
- 1700
- 9
- 1600
- 11700
- 3000
- 5.25
- 2400
- 2200
- 2900
- 3400
- 20
- 300
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