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) pauses for half a second (d) waits 500 seconds
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2.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
3.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
4.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
5.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
6.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
7.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 550 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 8.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.1 seconds?
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9.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? - 10.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.2 seconds?
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11.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
12.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? - 13.⏱️ A program says “wait 1500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 14.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.3 seconds?
- 15.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.5 seconds?
- 16.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.1 seconds?
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17.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 18.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 60 (b) 10 (c) 1000 (d) 100
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19.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 20.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.6 seconds?
- 21.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.9 seconds?
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22.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 950 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
23.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
24.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1600 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 20 seconds? - 25.⏱️ A program says “wait 2750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 26.⏱️ A program says “wait 2000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 27.⏱️ A program says “wait 7500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 28.⏱️ A program says “wait 7250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
30.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 31.⏱️ A program says “wait 3250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 32.⏱️ A program says “wait 3750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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33.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 500 ms; LED OFF; wait 850 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 500 ms; LED OFF; wait 1500 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? -
35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
36.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 400 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
37.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
38.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 800 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
40.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 4200
- 8
- 10
- 5
- 1600
- 600
- 2100
- 30
- 2200
- 550
- 3
- 1.5
- 2300
- 2500
- 100
- 600
- 1000
- 3300
- 600
- 1900
- 1250
- 8
- 10
- 2.75
- 2
- 7.5
- 7.25
- 1550
- 2500
- 3.25
- 3.75
- 1350
- 5
- 550
- 500
- 9500
- 900
- 950
- 18000
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