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) turns the LED off (b) waits 500 seconds (c) pauses for half a second (d) blinks 500 times
- 2.⏱️ A program says “wait 2500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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3.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
4.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 5.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2 seconds?
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6.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
7.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? - 8.⏱️ A program says “wait 250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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9.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
10.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 11.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 1000 (b) 10 (c) 100 (d) 60
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12.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
13.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? -
15.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? - 16.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.4 seconds?
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17.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 18.⏱️ A program says “wait 3000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 19.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.7 seconds?
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20.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
21.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
22.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 23.⏱️ A program says “wait 9000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 24.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.2 seconds?
- 25.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.2 seconds?
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26.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 850 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
27.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 850 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1500 ms; LED OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? - 30.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.1 seconds?
- 31.⏱️ A program says “wait 2750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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32.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 500 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
33.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 35.⏱️ A program says “wait 750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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36.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 600 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
37.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 38.⏱️ A program says “wait 4000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 39.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.2 seconds?
- 40.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.4 seconds?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 2.5
- 2400
- 1200
- 2000
- 200
- 16
- 0.25
- 40
- 14000
- 1000
- 10000
- 800
- 20
- 14
- 4400
- 1250
- 3
- 2700
- 1000
- 1000
- 1400
- 9
- 3200
- 4200
- 1100
- 1600
- 1700
- 3
- 1100
- 2.75
- 1250
- 850
- 950
- 0.75
- 900
- 900
- 4
- 1200
- 1400
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