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) blinks 500 times (b) waits 500 seconds (c) turns the LED off (d) pauses for half a second
- 2.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.4 seconds?
- 3.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 100 (b) 10 (c) 1000 (d) 60
- 4.⏱️ A program says “wait 5250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 5.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.4 seconds?
- 6.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.1 seconds?
- 7.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.7 seconds?
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8.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
9.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
10.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
11.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 12.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.4 seconds?
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13.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 15.⏱️ A program says “wait 3750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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16.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 1750 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 20 seconds? - 17.⏱️ A program says “wait 1500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 18.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 5 seconds?
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19.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
20.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 600 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
21.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? -
22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 650 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
23.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 24.⏱️ A program says “wait 2000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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25.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
26.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 500 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 550 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 31.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.2 seconds?
- 32.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.1 seconds?
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33.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? - 34.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4 seconds?
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35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? - 36.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.4 seconds?
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37.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
38.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 39.⏱️ A program says “wait 6250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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40.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 400
- 1000
- 5.25
- 2400
- 100
- 2700
- 50
- 3600
- 3900
- 1100
- 3400
- 4500
- 500
- 3.75
- 10
- 1.5
- 5000
- 8
- 850
- 12
- 800
- 2400
- 2
- 1000
- 600
- 750
- 400
- 1050
- 400
- 1200
- 4100
- 20
- 4000
- 45
- 1400
- 1200
- 800
- 6.25
- 3000
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