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.⏱️ A program says “wait 7500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 3.⏱️ A program says “wait 1000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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4.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? - 5.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 100 (b) 10 (c) 1000 (d) 60
- 6.⏱️ A program says “wait 5750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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7.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
8.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 9.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.2 seconds?
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10.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1000 ms; LED OFF; wait 650 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 11.⏱️ A program says “wait 4750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 12.⏱️ A program says “wait 3500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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13.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 1450 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 14 seconds? -
15.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 16.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.2 seconds?
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17.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 18.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.6 seconds?
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19.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 20.⏱️ A program says “wait 6250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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21.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1300 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 16 seconds? -
22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 16 seconds? -
23.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? - 24.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.4 seconds?
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25.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
26.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 800 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 28.⏱️ A program says “wait 3250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds? -
30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
31.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? - 32.⏱️ A program says “wait 9500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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33.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 650 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 34.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.7 seconds?
- 35.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.9 seconds?
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36.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
37.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
38.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
39.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
40.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 7.5
- 1
- 10
- 1000
- 5.75
- 300
- 16000
- 3200
- 1650
- 4.75
- 3.5
- 850
- 7
- 11000
- 200
- 1250
- 3600
- 1600
- 6.25
- 8
- 40
- 35
- 400
- 2400
- 1550
- 950
- 3.25
- 10
- 1750
- 8
- 9.5
- 850
- 1700
- 900
- 4000
- 1800
- 1250
- 3200
- 850
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