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 3 seconds?
- 2.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 1000 (b) 10 (c) 100 (d) 60
- 3.⏱️ A program says “wait 6000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 4.⏱️ A program says “wait 3000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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5.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 850 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
6.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 7.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.4 seconds?
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8.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? - 9.⏱️ A program says “wait 8750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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10.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? - 11.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.2 seconds?
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12.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds? -
13.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
14.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
15.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
16.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
17.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 18.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.6 seconds?
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19.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 20.⏱️ 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
- 21.⏱️ A program says “wait 6750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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22.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
23.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? - 24.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.9 seconds?
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25.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 600 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
26.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 28.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4 seconds?
- 29.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.3 seconds?
- 30.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.5 seconds?
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31.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
32.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 900 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? - 33.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.1 seconds?
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34.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
35.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
36.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
37.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? - 38.⏱️ A program says “wait 8250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 39.⏱️ A program says “wait 9500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 40.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.5 seconds?
Answer key
- 3000
- 1000
- 6
- 3
- 1100
- 12800
- 4400
- 15
- 8.75
- 16
- 200
- 10
- 5
- 800
- 650
- 900
- 7000
- 1600
- 2100
- pauses for half a second
- 6.75
- 6000
- 40
- 4900
- 1200
- 450
- 1600
- 4000
- 300
- 2500
- 300
- 10
- 3100
- 12600
- 2800
- 7800
- 32
- 8.25
- 9.5
- 500
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