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.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.6 seconds?
- 2.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 60 (b) 1000 (c) 100 (d) 10
- 3.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.9 seconds?
- 4.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.6 seconds?
- 5.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.4 seconds?
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6.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 20 seconds? -
7.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 8.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.5 seconds?
- 9.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.5 seconds?
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10.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
11.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
12.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
13.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 700 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
14.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 15.⏱️ What does “wait 500 ms” do? (a) pauses for half a second (b) waits 500 seconds (c) turns the LED off (d) blinks 500 times
- 16.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.6 seconds?
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17.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? - 18.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.4 seconds?
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19.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
20.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 16 seconds? -
21.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? -
23.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 24.⏱️ A program says “wait 7250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 25.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2 seconds?
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26.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
27.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 28.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.8 seconds?
- 29.⏱️ A program says “wait 4750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 30.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.9 seconds?
- 31.⏱️ A program says “wait 250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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32.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? -
33.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? -
34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 700 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
35.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 36.⏱️ A program says “wait 9250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 37.⏱️ A program says “wait 1000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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38.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 12 seconds? -
40.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all?
Answer key
- 2600
- 1000
- 2900
- 600
- 4400
- 50
- 4200
- 4500
- 2500
- 1350
- 18000
- 5
- 900
- 3600
- pauses for half a second
- 1600
- 8
- 400
- 400
- 40
- 350
- 35
- 1600
- 7.25
- 2000
- 4500
- 2400
- 800
- 4.75
- 3900
- 0.25
- 8
- 12
- 850
- 2800
- 9.25
- 1
- 9900
- 30
- 18000
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