The illumination LED lights up or blinks in response to remote control operations and lights up in different colours according to the status of the TV. Yes, but it's not advisable. Without the LED ...

[Danko]’s minimal circuit is about as small as possible for the DIP version of the venerable 555 chip. The BOM is stripped to the bone: just the chip, three resistors, a capacitor, and an LED.

So he set out to replicate this hack with that most cherished of ICs, the 555 timer. In the video after the break, he demonstrates his “old-school” LED candle for anyone who thinks the only ...