Modern Blinkenlights

From: Ethan Dicks <dickset_at_amanda.spole.gov>
Date: Fri Jun 18 00:25:58 2004

On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 11:41:09PM -0500, Doc Shipley wrote:
> Bah! I'll take the CPU-monitor LEDs on my BeBox any day!

I've seen a pretty easy-to-build circuit to put one of those on a
Linux box. I remember something about a simple resistor ladder
network D-A and an LED bargraph chip from Radio Shack. The software
just puts the load on a spare parallel port, so it's pretty low-impact.

-ethan

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