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 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds? -
2.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 3.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.2 seconds?
- 4.⏱️ What does “wait 500 ms” do? (a) turns the LED off (b) waits 500 seconds (c) pauses for half a second (d) blinks 500 times
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5.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 850 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 6.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 100 (b) 60 (c) 10 (d) 1000
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7.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
8.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
9.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 650 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 10.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.4 seconds?
- 11.⏱️ A program says “wait 1750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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12.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 13.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.4 seconds?
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14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
15.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
16.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
17.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1000 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 18.⏱️ A program says “wait 750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 19.⏱️ A program says “wait 9750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 20.⏱️ A program says “wait 5250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 21.⏱️ A program says “wait 1250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
23.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 24.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.2 seconds?
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25.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
26.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 27.⏱️ A program says “wait 8500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 28.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.1 seconds?
- 29.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.7 seconds?
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30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1000 ms; LED OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
31.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
32.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1000 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 33.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.9 seconds?
- 34.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2 seconds?
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35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 18 seconds? - 36.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.9 seconds?
- 37.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.5 seconds?
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38.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1800 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 14 seconds? -
40.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 600 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds?
Answer key
- 25
- 1600
- 2200
- pauses for half a second
- 1300
- 1000
- 14400
- 12000
- 700
- 1400
- 1.75
- 400
- 3400
- 2
- 6800
- 7200
- 1150
- 0.75
- 9.75
- 5.25
- 1.25
- 700
- 7500
- 3200
- 2800
- 2800
- 8.5
- 1100
- 700
- 2000
- 5700
- 1200
- 900
- 2000
- 45
- 2900
- 500
- 1800
- 7
- 5
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