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) 1000 (b) 60 (c) 10 (d) 100
- 2.⏱️ A program says “wait 500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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3.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 4.⏱️ A program says “wait 250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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5.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
6.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? - 7.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3 seconds?
- 8.⏱️ 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
- 9.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.8 seconds?
- 10.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.9 seconds?
- 11.⏱️ A program says “wait 4250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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12.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 13.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.8 seconds?
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14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 1650 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
15.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1000 ms; LED OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
16.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? - 17.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.1 seconds?
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18.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
19.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 1850 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? - 20.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.1 seconds?
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21.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
22.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 23.⏱️ A program says “wait 8250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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24.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 25.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.4 seconds?
- 26.⏱️ A program says “wait 4500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1000 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 28.⏱️ A program says “wait 3500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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29.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
31.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 32.⏱️ A program says “wait 2500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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33.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
34.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
35.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
36.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 650 ms; LED OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
37.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 38.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.7 seconds?
- 39.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2 seconds?
- 40.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.9 seconds?
Answer key
- 1000
- 0.5
- 4500
- 0.25
- 4000
- 40
- 3000
- pauses for half a second
- 800
- 4900
- 4.25
- 2600
- 3800
- 1
- 1500
- 45
- 4100
- 20
- 2
- 3100
- 6400
- 3300
- 8.25
- 9900
- 3400
- 4.5
- 1100
- 3.5
- 5400
- 1050
- 1100
- 2.5
- 300
- 4000
- 8400
- 1150
- 4200
- 4700
- 2000
- 900
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