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) turns the LED off (b) blinks 500 times (c) waits 500 seconds (d) pauses for half a second
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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 4 seconds? - 3.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.5 seconds?
- 4.⏱️ A program says “wait 7250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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5.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 18 seconds? - 6.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 100 (b) 10 (c) 60 (d) 1000
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7.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
8.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? - 9.⏱️ A program says “wait 1750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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10.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 650 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
11.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds? -
12.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
13.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? -
14.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
15.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 16.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.4 seconds?
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17.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? - 18.⏱️ A program says “wait 2750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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19.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 20.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.9 seconds?
- 21.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.8 seconds?
- 22.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.6 seconds?
- 23.⏱️ A program says “wait 5000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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24.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? -
25.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
26.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? - 28.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.6 seconds?
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29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 16 seconds? -
30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
31.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 32.⏱️ A program says “wait 4000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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33.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1900 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? - 35.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.1 seconds?
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36.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? - 37.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.2 seconds?
- 38.⏱️ A program says “wait 5750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 39.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.2 seconds?
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40.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1900 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 20 seconds?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 20
- 2500
- 7.25
- 45
- 1000
- 1350
- 30
- 1.75
- 1350
- 20
- 300
- 40
- 4000
- 3300
- 3400
- 12
- 2.75
- 650
- 900
- 4800
- 1600
- 5
- 40
- 8000
- 5400
- 32
- 4600
- 40
- 4
- 11200
- 4
- 1000
- 1
- 3100
- 36
- 3200
- 5.75
- 1200
- 10
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