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) 10 (b) 100 (c) 1000 (d) 60
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2.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 300 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 3.⏱️ What does “wait 500 ms” do? (a) blinks 500 times (b) pauses for half a second (c) turns the LED off (d) waits 500 seconds
- 4.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.7 seconds?
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5.⏱️ repeat 10 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
6.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 200 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? -
7.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? -
8.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? - 9.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 0.8 seconds?
- 10.⏱️ A program says “wait 1500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 11.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.9 seconds?
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12.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 100 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 2 seconds? - 13.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.3 seconds?
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14.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 4 seconds? - 15.⏱️ A program says “wait 8750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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16.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 150 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 5 seconds? -
17.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 900 ms; LED OFF; wait 100 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 18.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.6 seconds?
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19.⏱️ repeat 6 times { buzzer ON; wait 300 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 20.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 4.2 seconds?
- 21.⏱️ A program says “wait 6750 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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22.⏱️ repeat 2 times { buzzer ON; wait 800 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? - 23.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 1.1 seconds?
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24.⏱️ repeat 4 times { buzzer ON; wait 600 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
25.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 550 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? -
26.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 1150 ms; LED OFF; wait 850 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 16 seconds? -
27.⏱️ repeat 5 times { buzzer ON; wait 100 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 1000 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
28.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 300 ms; LED OFF; wait 400 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 29.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.2 seconds?
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30.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 850 ms; LED OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 31.⏱️ A program says “wait 8250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
- 32.⏱️ A program says “wait 6500 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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33.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 8 seconds? -
34.⏱️ repeat 3 times { buzzer ON; wait 200 ms; buzzer OFF; wait 600 ms }
How many milliseconds does this take in all? -
35.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 550 ms; LED OFF; wait 500 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take? - 36.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 3.6 seconds?
- 37.⏱️ How many milliseconds is a wait of 2.6 seconds?
- 38.⏱️ A program says “wait 1250 ms”. How many seconds is that? =
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39.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 50 ms; LED OFF; wait 200 ms }
How many times does the LED blink in 3 seconds? -
40.⏱️ loop forever { LED ON; wait 450 ms; LED OFF; wait 350 ms }
How many milliseconds does one blink (ON + OFF) take?
Answer key
- 1000
- 4000
- pauses for half a second
- 4700
- 10000
- 10
- 10
- 20
- 800
- 1.5
- 2900
- 4
- 1300
- 10
- 8.75
- 25
- 1000
- 1600
- 4800
- 4200
- 6.75
- 2400
- 1100
- 6400
- 1400
- 8
- 5500
- 700
- 3200
- 1450
- 8.25
- 6.5
- 32
- 2400
- 1050
- 3600
- 2600
- 1.25
- 12
- 800
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