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) 10 (c) 1000 (d) 60
- 2.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.4 seconds?
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3.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 4.⏱️ What does “wait 500 ms” do? (a) blinks 500 times (b) waits 500 seconds (c) turns the LED off (d) pauses for half a second
- 5.⏱️ A program says “wait 2250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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6.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 1950 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 16 seconds? -
7.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 600 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? -
8.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 950 ms; LED OFF; wait 1050 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 14 seconds? - 9.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.7 seconds?
- 10.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.5 seconds?
- 11.⏱️ A program says “wait 7000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 12.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.5 seconds?
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13.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? - 14.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.4 seconds?
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15.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
16.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 17.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.8 seconds?
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18.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? -
19.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 1950 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? -
20.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
21.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 1750 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1200 ms; LED OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
23.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
24.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? - 25.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.1 seconds?
- 26.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.2 seconds?
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27.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? -
29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 16 seconds? -
30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? -
31.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 1150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? - 32.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.5 seconds?
- 33.⏱️ A program says “wait 4000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 700 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 950 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
36.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? - 37.⏱️ A program says “wait 6750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 38.⏱️ A program says “wait 3500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 39.⏱️ A program says “wait 7250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 40.⏱️ A program says “wait 750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
Answer key
- 1000
- 400
- 9000
- pauses for half a second
- 2.25
- 8
- 3
- 7
- 2700
- 500
- 7
- 3500
- 4
- 1400
- 3600
- 4000
- 800
- 14
- 2
- 5500
- 1
- 1
- 1550
- 9
- 100
- 1200
- 2400
- 4
- 40
- 8
- 4
- 2500
- 4
- 950
- 1350
- 4
- 6.75
- 3.5
- 7.25
- 0.75
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