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) pauses for half a second (c) blinks 500 times (d) turns the LED off
- 2.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.5 seconds?
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3.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 12 seconds? - 4.⏱️ A program says “wait 500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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5.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 1950 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? -
6.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 800 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? - 7.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 10 (b) 60 (c) 1000 (d) 100
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8.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 9.⏱️ A program says “wait 3000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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10.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? -
11.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
12.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
13.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? - 14.⏱️ A program says “wait 6750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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15.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 16.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.5 seconds?
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17.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 18.⏱️ A program says “wait 4750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 19.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.5 seconds?
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20.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 21.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.7 seconds?
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22.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
23.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
24.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? - 25.⏱️ A program says “wait 6000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 26.⏱️ A program says “wait 4000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 27.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.9 seconds?
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28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
30.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
31.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? -
32.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
33.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
34.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
36.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
37.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
38.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
39.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
40.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 550 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 4500
- 30
- 0.5
- 4
- 7
- 1000
- 1200
- 3
- 6
- 1600
- 300
- 10
- 6.75
- 6600
- 1500
- 11400
- 4.75
- 500
- 3000
- 700
- 5600
- 1400
- 12
- 6
- 4
- 2900
- 1200
- 1100
- 12000
- 4
- 2200
- 8
- 4200
- 20
- 2100
- 400
- 200
- 7000
- 1400
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