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.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
2.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1600 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? - 3.⏱️ What does “wait 500 ms” do? (a) waits 500 seconds (b) pauses for half a second (c) turns the LED off (d) blinks 500 times
- 4.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 100 (b) 10 (c) 60 (d) 1000
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5.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 950 ms; LED OFF; wait 650 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 6.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.7 seconds?
- 7.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1 seconds?
- 8.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.8 seconds?
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9.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? - 10.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.1 seconds?
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11.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 20 seconds? - 12.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.8 seconds?
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13.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
14.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
15.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 650 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
16.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
17.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? - 18.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.3 seconds?
- 19.⏱️ A program says “wait 2000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 20.⏱️ A program says “wait 7000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 21.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.7 seconds?
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22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 950 ms; LED OFF; wait 550 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
23.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 700 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 24.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.6 seconds?
- 25.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.4 seconds?
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26.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 27.⏱️ A program says “wait 7500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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28.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 14 seconds? - 30.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.1 seconds?
- 31.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.9 seconds?
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32.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
33.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? -
34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? -
35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 36.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.3 seconds?
- 37.⏱️ A program says “wait 2250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 38.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.2 seconds?
- 39.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.7 seconds?
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40.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all?
Answer key
- 4
- 2
- pauses for half a second
- 1000
- 1600
- 700
- 1000
- 1800
- 12
- 2100
- 50
- 3800
- 700
- 10400
- 1100
- 6000
- 10
- 4300
- 2
- 7
- 4700
- 1500
- 900
- 2600
- 2400
- 2800
- 7.5
- 2600
- 35
- 3100
- 2900
- 800
- 32
- 40
- 1050
- 3300
- 2.25
- 1200
- 3700
- 3400
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