Blinking LEDs!

[nachoman]

One of my teenage hobbies was electronics. I used to make small electronic gizmos for use on my railroad, including transistor throttles and crossing gate flashers. I used to use a small 8-pin integrated circuit to build simple oscillators to control LEDs.

For a recent (non railroad) project, I learned they now have blinking LEDs! Basically, you just hook wires up to it, and it blinks! for all non-electronics whizzes out there, there are a few possibilities for some basic model railroad eye-catchers. Perhaps FREDs, a blinking light on a tower, signals, highway signs...