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) pauses for half a second (d) turns the LED off
- 2.⏱️ A program says “wait 5500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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3.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 18 seconds? -
4.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 800 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
5.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 650 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
6.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 7.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.6 seconds?
- 8.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.2 seconds?
- 9.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 100 (b) 60 (c) 1000 (d) 10
- 10.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.9 seconds?
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11.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 700 ms; LED OFF; wait 550 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 12.⏱️ A program says “wait 7500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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13.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 14 seconds? - 14.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.4 seconds?
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15.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
16.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 17.⏱️ A program says “wait 8500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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18.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
19.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? -
20.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? - 21.⏱️ A program says “wait 3250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? - 23.⏱️ A program says “wait 6250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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24.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
25.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? -
26.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 550 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? -
27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 12 seconds? - 29.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.2 seconds?
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30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
31.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
32.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 33.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.8 seconds?
- 34.⏱️ A program says “wait 1000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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35.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
36.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
37.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
38.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? -
39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
40.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 5.5
- 45
- 1250
- 950
- 8000
- 4600
- 4200
- 1000
- 900
- 1250
- 7.5
- 35
- 1400
- 250
- 2100
- 8.5
- 300
- 5
- 8
- 3.25
- 15
- 6.25
- 3900
- 8
- 3
- 1300
- 30
- 1200
- 1050
- 16000
- 8000
- 1800
- 1
- 2500
- 11900
- 4000
- 30
- 1050
- 16
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