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) 10 (c) 100 (d) 1000
- 2.⏱️ What does “wait 500 ms” do? (a) pauses for half a second (b) waits 500 seconds (c) turns the LED off (d) blinks 500 times
- 3.⏱️ A program says “wait 250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 4.⏱️ A program says “wait 8750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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5.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? - 6.⏱️ A program says “wait 750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 7.⏱️ A program says “wait 2750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 8.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.8 seconds?
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9.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 550 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? - 10.⏱️ A program says “wait 2500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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11.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
12.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 550 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? - 13.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2 seconds?
- 14.⏱️ A program says “wait 3500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 15.⏱️ A program says “wait 6500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 16.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.9 seconds?
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17.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 650 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 18.⏱️ A program says “wait 6750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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19.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 20.⏱️ A program says “wait 7000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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21.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? - 22.⏱️ A program says “wait 1000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 23.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.3 seconds?
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24.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 1900 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 12 seconds? - 25.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.6 seconds?
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26.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? -
27.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 28.⏱️ A program says “wait 7250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 31.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.1 seconds?
- 32.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.7 seconds?
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33.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? -
34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1100 ms; LED OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? -
35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 700 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
36.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
37.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1050 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 12 seconds? - 38.⏱️ A program says “wait 3750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
40.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all?
Answer key
- 1000
- pauses for half a second
- 0.25
- 8.75
- 40
- 0.75
- 2.75
- 800
- 2
- 2.5
- 20
- 9
- 2000
- 3.5
- 6.5
- 3900
- 850
- 6.75
- 4000
- 7
- 15
- 1
- 1300
- 6
- 3600
- 10
- 9000
- 7.25
- 50
- 1300
- 3100
- 1700
- 15
- 3
- 900
- 500
- 6
- 3.75
- 2
- 8400
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