>Abit and Asus both have a sort of status display you can buy that fits in a
>drive bay.  Basically they use it to display misc. temperatures on the
>front
>of the case.    If you want to use the bus, you might get some hints off of
>the motherboard monitor project (MBM5 --livewire dev) links section --one
>guy extended the number of sensors in his case using the MB smb channel.
>Also, LM-sensors extensions under linux might help give you a clue.   I'd
>guess you'd have more than enough current available to program a pic, given
>that they have a control face with lots of LEDs/display running off it.  If
>you're really concerned about it, why not just use a PSU drive power
>connector directly?

Thanks for the info- will check it out.

As for why not use a drive power connector, the simple answer is that
I'm a dope and I forgot that that is what I had planned on doing.  In fact,
if I use a drive header, that'll give me +5 and +12, so it should make Vpp
that much easier to get.

Thanks everyone!
Mike H.

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