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) pauses for half a second (d) blinks 500 times
- 2.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 100 (b) 60 (c) 10 (d) 1000
- 3.⏱️ A program says “wait 6500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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4.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? - 5.⏱️ A program says “wait 9500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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6.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
7.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
8.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
9.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 10.⏱️ A program says “wait 10000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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11.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 12.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.4 seconds?
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13.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
15.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
16.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
17.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
18.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1750 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? -
19.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? -
20.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 21.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.7 seconds?
- 22.⏱️ A program says “wait 750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 23.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.8 seconds?
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24.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
25.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 26.⏱️ A program says “wait 6250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 27.⏱️ A program says “wait 7750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 28.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4 seconds?
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29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 500 ms; LED OFF; wait 550 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
30.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
31.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 950 ms; LED OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 32.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.1 seconds?
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33.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 35.⏱️ A program says “wait 5250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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36.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1000 ms; LED OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
37.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 650 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? - 38.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.6 seconds?
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39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 500 ms; LED OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
40.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 500 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 1000
- 6.5
- 8
- 9.5
- 5
- 4200
- 2000
- 3900
- 10
- 1800
- 2400
- 2700
- 1300
- 800
- 3200
- 450
- 4
- 40
- 550
- 700
- 0.75
- 800
- 40
- 1200
- 6.25
- 7.75
- 4000
- 1050
- 2800
- 1950
- 3100
- 5600
- 1150
- 5.25
- 1500
- 9
- 4600
- 10
- 1200
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