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.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2 seconds?
- 3.⏱️ 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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4.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 5.⏱️ A program says “wait 3250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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6.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
7.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 8.⏱️ A program says “wait 2750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 9.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 5 seconds?
- 10.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.8 seconds?
- 11.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.7 seconds?
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12.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? - 13.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.4 seconds?
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14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 650 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
15.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
16.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1150 ms; LED OFF; wait 850 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 12 seconds? -
17.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
18.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1000 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
19.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? - 20.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.1 seconds?
- 21.⏱️ A program says “wait 5750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 22.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.3 seconds?
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23.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
24.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 25.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.9 seconds?
- 26.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.5 seconds?
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27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 28.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.5 seconds?
- 29.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.9 seconds?
- 30.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.6 seconds?
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31.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
32.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
33.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
34.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
35.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 36.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.6 seconds?
- 37.⏱️ A program says “wait 4750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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38.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? - 40.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.2 seconds?
Answer key
- 1000
- 2000
- pauses for half a second
- 600
- 3.25
- 40
- 4200
- 2.75
- 5000
- 4800
- 3700
- 15
- 3400
- 800
- 9000
- 6
- 1200
- 1750
- 20
- 100
- 5.75
- 1300
- 7700
- 5400
- 1900
- 2500
- 1450
- 500
- 4900
- 600
- 3500
- 20
- 14000
- 9900
- 4800
- 4600
- 4.75
- 6600
- 16
- 3200
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