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 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
3.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1700 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
4.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
5.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 900 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
6.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 7.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 60 (b) 1000 (c) 10 (d) 100
- 8.⏱️ A program says “wait 3000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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9.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 900 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
10.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 11.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.5 seconds?
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12.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 13.⏱️ A program says “wait 9750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 14.⏱️ A program says “wait 4000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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15.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 16.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4 seconds?
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17.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 18.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.3 seconds?
- 19.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.9 seconds?
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20.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 1900 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 16 seconds? -
21.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 600 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? -
23.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 14 seconds? - 24.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.7 seconds?
- 25.⏱️ A program says “wait 1750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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26.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? -
27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? -
28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 1450 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? -
30.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 31.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.1 seconds?
- 32.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.8 seconds?
- 33.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.1 seconds?
- 34.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.4 seconds?
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35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 12 seconds? -
36.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 850 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
37.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 500 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 38.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.9 seconds?
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39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
40.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1300 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 12 seconds?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 25
- 5
- 1350
- 1150
- 2000
- 1000
- 3
- 1250
- 4800
- 1500
- 9000
- 9.75
- 4
- 700
- 4000
- 6300
- 3300
- 900
- 8
- 3600
- 1
- 35
- 1700
- 1.75
- 18
- 35
- 400
- 2
- 3600
- 3100
- 3800
- 1100
- 4400
- 30
- 1100
- 850
- 4900
- 200
- 6
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