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) waits 500 seconds (b) blinks 500 times (c) pauses for half a second (d) turns the LED off
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2.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? -
3.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
4.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
5.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 16 seconds? -
6.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 7.⏱️ A program says “wait 7750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 8.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.8 seconds?
- 9.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.1 seconds?
- 10.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.6 seconds?
- 11.⏱️ A program says “wait 6750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 12.⏱️ A program says “wait 5500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 13.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 10 (b) 1000 (c) 100 (d) 60
- 14.⏱️ A program says “wait 9000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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15.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
16.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 550 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 17.⏱️ A program says “wait 6250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 18.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.9 seconds?
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19.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
20.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? -
21.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 1550 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 18 seconds? - 22.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.3 seconds?
- 23.⏱️ A program says “wait 250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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24.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
25.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 650 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
26.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1600 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? -
28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
31.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 32.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.4 seconds?
- 33.⏱️ A program says “wait 3750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 34.⏱️ A program says “wait 5250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? - 36.⏱️ A program says “wait 2750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 37.⏱️ A program says “wait 7000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 38.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.8 seconds?
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39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1350 ms; LED OFF; wait 650 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 18 seconds? -
40.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 700 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 28
- 1650
- 10500
- 40
- 600
- 7.75
- 800
- 100
- 2600
- 6.75
- 5.5
- 1000
- 9
- 8400
- 1100
- 6.25
- 2900
- 650
- 15
- 9
- 4300
- 0.25
- 4000
- 750
- 5
- 28
- 1350
- 8
- 1250
- 2400
- 3400
- 3.75
- 5.25
- 10
- 2.75
- 7
- 4800
- 9
- 1400
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