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) pauses for half a second (b) turns the LED off (c) blinks 500 times (d) waits 500 seconds
- 2.⏱️ A program says “wait 500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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3.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 4.⏱️ A program says “wait 6500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 5.⏱️ A program says “wait 6750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 6.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 60 (b) 10 (c) 100 (d) 1000
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7.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 600 ms; LED OFF; wait 1400 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 18 seconds? - 8.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3 seconds?
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9.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? -
10.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
11.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1750 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 20 seconds? -
12.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 13.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.7 seconds?
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14.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 15.⏱️ A program says “wait 2500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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16.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 17.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.3 seconds?
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18.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
19.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? -
20.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 650 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
21.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 650 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? - 23.⏱️ A program says “wait 250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 24.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.7 seconds?
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25.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 700 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
26.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? -
27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
29.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 30.⏱️ A program says “wait 1000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 31.⏱️ A program says “wait 4500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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32.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? -
33.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1300 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds? - 36.⏱️ A program says “wait 10000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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37.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
38.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? -
39.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
40.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 0.5
- 10000
- 6.5
- 6.75
- 1000
- 9
- 3000
- 4
- 8
- 10
- 8000
- 2700
- 11900
- 2.5
- 600
- 1300
- 1600
- 14
- 10
- 1350
- 18
- 0.25
- 700
- 1050
- 6
- 1100
- 250
- 9000
- 1
- 4.5
- 10
- 1200
- 1
- 10
- 10
- 350
- 4
- 2400
- 4800
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