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) pauses for half a second (b) waits 500 seconds (c) blinks 500 times (d) turns the LED off
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2.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 3.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 10 (b) 60 (c) 1000 (d) 100
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4.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 5.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.2 seconds?
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6.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
7.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 12 seconds? -
8.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? - 9.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.9 seconds?
- 10.⏱️ A program says “wait 2250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 11.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.6 seconds?
- 12.⏱️ A program says “wait 6750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 13.⏱️ A program says “wait 5000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 14.⏱️ A program says “wait 3000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 15.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1 seconds?
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16.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 17.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.7 seconds?
- 18.⏱️ A program says “wait 4250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 19.⏱️ A program says “wait 8000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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20.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? -
21.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 800 ms; LED OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
23.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
24.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 550 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
25.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds? -
26.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? -
27.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? -
29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 30.⏱️ A program says “wait 5250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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31.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? - 32.⏱️ A program says “wait 8750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 33.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.3 seconds?
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34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 850 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
36.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
37.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? - 38.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.6 seconds?
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39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? -
40.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 800 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 4200
- 1000
- 3300
- 3200
- 3200
- 30
- 14
- 2900
- 2.25
- 3600
- 6.75
- 5
- 3
- 1000
- 1500
- 700
- 4.25
- 8
- 35
- 1600
- 5
- 40
- 650
- 5
- 24
- 4000
- 5
- 1350
- 5.25
- 18
- 8.75
- 1300
- 1500
- 1300
- 900
- 20
- 1600
- 28
- 1050
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