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) blinks 500 times (c) pauses for half a second (d) waits 500 seconds
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2.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? - 3.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.8 seconds?
- 4.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 60 (b) 10 (c) 1000 (d) 100
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5.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 900 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? -
6.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? - 7.⏱️ A program says “wait 1000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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8.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 9.⏱️ A program says “wait 9500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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10.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
11.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 12.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.4 seconds?
- 13.⏱️ A program says “wait 9000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? - 15.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.2 seconds?
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16.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? -
17.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? - 18.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.9 seconds?
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19.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
20.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
21.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 22.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.6 seconds?
- 23.⏱️ A program says “wait 2750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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24.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
25.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 900 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 26.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.1 seconds?
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27.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 700 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? -
29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 30.⏱️ A program says “wait 9750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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31.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
32.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 33.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.6 seconds?
- 34.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.4 seconds?
- 35.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.9 seconds?
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36.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1050 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 16 seconds? -
37.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
38.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? - 39.⏱️ A program says “wait 2000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 40.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.4 seconds?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 3
- 2800
- 1000
- 6
- 18
- 1
- 5400
- 9.5
- 7200
- 8800
- 2400
- 9
- 20
- 1200
- 18
- 2
- 1900
- 4200
- 8
- 9100
- 2600
- 2.75
- 5500
- 1300
- 4100
- 13500
- 9
- 1050
- 9.75
- 11000
- 16200
- 600
- 3400
- 900
- 8
- 10
- 1
- 2
- 400
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