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.⏱️ A program says “wait 4250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 2.⏱️ What does “wait 500 ms” do? (a) waits 500 seconds (b) turns the LED off (c) pauses for half a second (d) blinks 500 times
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3.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 16 seconds? - 4.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 100 (b) 10 (c) 1000 (d) 60
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5.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 20 seconds? -
6.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
7.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? - 8.⏱️ A program says “wait 1250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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9.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 1600 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? - 10.⏱️ A program says “wait 4750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 11.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.9 seconds?
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12.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
13.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1000 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 950 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 15.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.5 seconds?
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16.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
17.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
18.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 19.⏱️ A program says “wait 9500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 20.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.3 seconds?
- 21.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.1 seconds?
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22.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 23.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.3 seconds?
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24.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 900 ms; LED OFF; wait 1100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 18 seconds? - 25.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3 seconds?
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26.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds? - 29.⏱️ A program says “wait 7000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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30.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 31.⏱️ A program says “wait 6000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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32.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 33.⏱️ A program says “wait 1500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? -
35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1300 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 16 seconds? -
36.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 37.⏱️ A program says “wait 3500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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38.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 39.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.8 seconds?
- 40.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.5 seconds?
Answer key
- 4.25
- pauses for half a second
- 40
- 1000
- 50
- 13000
- 2
- 1.25
- 2
- 4.75
- 900
- 4000
- 1150
- 1400
- 4500
- 550
- 20
- 15200
- 9.5
- 2300
- 100
- 2600
- 300
- 9
- 3000
- 1450
- 400
- 25
- 7
- 2000
- 6
- 1000
- 1.5
- 20
- 8
- 9800
- 3.5
- 8400
- 4800
- 1500
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