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 are in 1 second? (a) 60 (b) 100 (c) 10 (d) 1000
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2.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? -
3.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? - 4.⏱️ What does “wait 500 ms” do? (a) turns the LED off (b) pauses for half a second (c) blinks 500 times (d) waits 500 seconds
- 5.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.8 seconds?
- 6.⏱️ A program says “wait 5250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 7.⏱️ A program says “wait 8000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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8.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
9.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
10.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 1800 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 14 seconds? - 11.⏱️ A program says “wait 1000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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12.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
13.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
14.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 15.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.7 seconds?
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16.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1250 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 16 seconds? - 17.⏱️ A program says “wait 2000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 18.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.5 seconds?
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19.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
20.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
21.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 23.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.1 seconds?
- 24.⏱️ A program says “wait 3750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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25.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 26.⏱️ A program says “wait 4750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? -
28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 800 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
29.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
31.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 32.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2 seconds?
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33.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 900 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
35.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 36.⏱️ A program says “wait 3000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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37.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
38.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 650 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? - 40.⏱️ A program says “wait 1750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
Answer key
- 1000
- 15
- 20
- pauses for half a second
- 3800
- 5.25
- 8
- 7200
- 8800
- 7
- 1
- 9000
- 10
- 10000
- 3700
- 8
- 2
- 1500
- 9800
- 18000
- 1150
- 900
- 100
- 3.75
- 1200
- 4.75
- 4
- 900
- 1800
- 1850
- 2500
- 2000
- 4800
- 1300
- 2000
- 3
- 2400
- 1350
- 30
- 1.75
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