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) blinks 500 times (c) waits 500 seconds (d) turns the LED off
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2.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? - 3.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 10 (b) 1000 (c) 100 (d) 60
- 4.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.3 seconds?
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5.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 950 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 6.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.5 seconds?
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7.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 700 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
8.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
9.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 900 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
10.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
11.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
12.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
13.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 14.⏱️ A program says “wait 9250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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15.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 700 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
16.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 600 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? -
17.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? -
18.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? -
19.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1000 ms; LED OFF; wait 850 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
20.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 21.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.4 seconds?
- 22.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.3 seconds?
- 23.⏱️ A program says “wait 9000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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24.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
25.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
26.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
27.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 28.⏱️ A program says “wait 6000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 29.⏱️ A program says “wait 7250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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30.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
31.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 850 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 32.⏱️ A program says “wait 1250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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33.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? - 35.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.8 seconds?
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36.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 900 ms; LED OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 37.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.1 seconds?
- 38.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.1 seconds?
- 39.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.7 seconds?
- 40.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.3 seconds?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 5
- 1000
- 1300
- 1400
- 4500
- 2
- 10
- 1250
- 450
- 3400
- 350
- 7200
- 9.25
- 7500
- 9
- 15
- 36
- 1850
- 1000
- 2400
- 4300
- 9
- 1400
- 50
- 3600
- 1800
- 6
- 7.25
- 6500
- 1200
- 1.25
- 1300
- 15
- 4800
- 1800
- 4100
- 1100
- 1700
- 300
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