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.⏱️ How many milliseconds are in 1 second? (a) 60 (b) 1000 (c) 10 (d) 100
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2.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds? - 3.⏱️ What does “wait 500 ms” do? (a) pauses for half a second (b) blinks 500 times (c) turns the LED off (d) waits 500 seconds
- 4.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.4 seconds?
- 5.⏱️ A program says “wait 2500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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6.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 950 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? - 7.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 5 seconds?
- 8.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.4 seconds?
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9.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 1 second? -
10.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 1800 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 16 seconds? - 11.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.2 seconds?
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12.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? - 13.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2 seconds?
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14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 15.⏱️ A program says “wait 9750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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16.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 650 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
17.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
18.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 900 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
19.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 20.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.3 seconds?
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21.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? - 22.⏱️ A program says “wait 250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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23.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 900 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
24.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 250 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
25.⏱️ repeat 8 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 800 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 26.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.1 seconds?
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27.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 350 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? - 28.⏱️ A program says “wait 1750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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29.⏱️ repeat 9 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 550 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds? - 31.⏱️ A program says “wait 1500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 32.⏱️ A program says “wait 750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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33.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1950 ms; LED OFF; wait 50 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 6 seconds? -
34.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 400 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
36.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 500 ms; LED OFF; wait 1500 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 16 seconds? - 37.⏱️ A program says “wait 9500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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38.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 700 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? - 40.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.8 seconds?
Answer key
- 1000
- 20
- pauses for half a second
- 400
- 2.5
- 1
- 5000
- 2400
- 4
- 8
- 4200
- 10
- 2000
- 1250
- 9.75
- 700
- 3600
- 1050
- 3600
- 1300
- 10
- 0.25
- 12600
- 5
- 7200
- 2100
- 6
- 1.75
- 2700
- 5
- 1.5
- 0.75
- 3
- 3600
- 1000
- 8
- 9.5
- 6000
- 6
- 2800
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