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.⏱️ A program says “wait 5000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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2.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 3.⏱️ A program says “wait 1500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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4.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
5.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
6.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 7.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 1000 (b) 10 (c) 60 (d) 100
- 8.⏱️ A program says “wait 9000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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9.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
10.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? - 11.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.2 seconds?
- 12.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.3 seconds?
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13.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? -
14.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 15.⏱️ What does “wait 500 ms” do? (a) waits 500 seconds (b) pauses for half a second (c) turns the LED off (d) blinks 500 times
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16.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 1150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? -
17.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 12 seconds? -
18.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
19.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 600 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
20.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 21.⏱️ A program says “wait 750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
23.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
24.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 25.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.7 seconds?
- 26.⏱️ A program says “wait 8000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 27.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.8 seconds?
- 28.⏱️ A program says “wait 4750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 29.⏱️ A program says “wait 4000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 650 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 31.⏱️ A program says “wait 3750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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32.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 1600 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 14 seconds? - 33.⏱️ A program says “wait 7250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? -
36.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
37.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 14 seconds? -
38.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 650 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? -
40.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all?
Answer key
- 5
- 7000
- 1.5
- 7200
- 800
- 1650
- 1000
- 9
- 13600
- 4
- 1200
- 300
- 18
- 9100
- pauses for half a second
- 3
- 30
- 8800
- 1350
- 800
- 0.75
- 900
- 650
- 1300
- 700
- 8
- 800
- 4.75
- 4
- 800
- 3.75
- 7
- 7.25
- 1100
- 32
- 1050
- 35
- 1200
- 3
- 1800
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