The design of products that are never intended to live long enough to go obsolete must be similarly challenging, and [electronupdate] did a teardown of a cheap LED blinky toy to see what’s involved.

The Blinky in Fish Bowl The Simpsons Vinyl Figure costs $ 74.99 in the pre-sale of Kidrobot Store or Entertainment Earth, which accepts orders from Brazil. See more cartoon toys the Simpsons and ...

This dead-bug style 555 blinky light is one of those projects, undertaken just to see how small a circuit can be. Pretty small, as it turns out, and we bet it can get even smaller. [Danko]’s ...