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) blinks 500 times (b) waits 500 seconds (c) pauses for half a second (d) turns the LED off
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2.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? - 3.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 10 (b) 60 (c) 100 (d) 1000
- 4.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.9 seconds?
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5.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? -
6.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 850 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
7.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
8.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds? -
9.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 1000 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
10.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 600 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
11.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 500 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
12.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 800 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
13.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 14.⏱️ A program says “wait 5500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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15.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? -
16.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
17.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
18.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? -
19.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds? - 20.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.2 seconds?
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21.⏱️ repeat 7 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 22.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.7 seconds?
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23.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 24.⏱️ A program says “wait 6250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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25.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 800 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
26.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 10 seconds? - 27.⏱️ A program says “wait 4250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 28.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.6 seconds?
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29.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? -
30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1000 ms; LED OFF; wait 650 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
31.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 750 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
32.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? - 33.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.9 seconds?
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34.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 150 ms; LED OFF; wait 250 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1250 ms; LED OFF; wait 750 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? - 36.⏱️ A program says “wait 2750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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37.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 500 ms; LED OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
38.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 500 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 39.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.3 seconds?
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40.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 450 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take?
Answer key
- pauses for half a second
- 5
- 1000
- 2900
- 16
- 1700
- 900
- 25
- 12800
- 850
- 1450
- 850
- 750
- 5.5
- 4
- 9800
- 8400
- 20
- 10
- 1200
- 2100
- 3700
- 850
- 6.25
- 1000
- 50
- 4.25
- 4600
- 12
- 1650
- 2
- 4
- 3900
- 400
- 1
- 2.75
- 1500
- 2400
- 1300
- 500
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