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) waits 500 seconds (c) turns the LED off (d) blinks 500 times
- 2.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.4 seconds?
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3.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1600 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 14 seconds? -
4.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 5.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 60 (b) 100 (c) 1000 (d) 10
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6.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 7.⏱️ A program says “wait 1250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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8.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? -
9.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 10.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1 seconds?
- 11.⏱️ A program says “wait 2250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 12.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3 seconds?
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13.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 14.⏱️ A program says “wait 9250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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15.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? -
16.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? -
17.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 18.⏱️ A program says “wait 7750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 19.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.7 seconds?
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20.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 21.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.9 seconds?
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22.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
23.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
24.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 700 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 25.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.7 seconds?
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26.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 1700 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? -
27.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 800 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 7 seconds? -
31.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
32.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 800 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
33.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? - 35.⏱️ A program says “wait 6500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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36.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 850 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
37.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 38.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.2 seconds?
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39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 800 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds? -
40.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 400
- 7
- 13300
- 1000
- 1100
- 1.25
- 4
- 3200
- 1000
- 2.25
- 3000
- 500
- 9.25
- 15
- 32
- 300
- 7.75
- 2700
- 1100
- 900
- 10800
- 8400
- 900
- 3700
- 4
- 9100
- 400
- 900
- 7
- 5400
- 1000
- 9000
- 18
- 6.5
- 950
- 1600
- 200
- 5
- 25
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