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) waits 500 seconds (b) turns the LED off (c) blinks 500 times (d) pauses for half a second
- 2.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3 seconds?
- 3.⏱️ A program says “wait 8500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 4.⏱️ A program says “wait 5000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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5.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? -
6.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 7.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.9 seconds?
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8.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? - 9.⏱️ A program says “wait 5250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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10.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? - 11.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 1000 (b) 10 (c) 100 (d) 60
- 12.⏱️ A program says “wait 8750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 13.⏱️ A program says “wait 250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? -
15.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 550 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
16.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 17.⏱️ A program says “wait 4000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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18.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? - 19.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.7 seconds?
- 20.⏱️ A program says “wait 6750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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21.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
22.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
23.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? - 24.⏱️ A program says “wait 10000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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25.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 650 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 26.⏱️ A program says “wait 4750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 12 seconds? -
29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 900 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 30.⏱️ A program says “wait 6000 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 31.⏱️ A program says “wait 7250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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32.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
33.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 34.⏱️ A program says “wait 1500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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35.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
36.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
37.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 9 seconds? -
38.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 18 seconds? -
39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 900 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
40.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 900 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 3000
- 8.5
- 5
- 10
- 450
- 2900
- 2
- 5.25
- 4
- 1000
- 8.75
- 0.25
- 9
- 850
- 2100
- 4
- 25
- 2700
- 6.75
- 4800
- 3200
- 40
- 10
- 950
- 4.75
- 700
- 30
- 1350
- 6
- 7.25
- 12000
- 2700
- 1.5
- 16000
- 5400
- 18
- 45
- 1000
- 9000
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