Hi Levi,
No simple options immediately come to mind. A few ideas do some to mind
though.
1) If you are not using the floppy then you can control some of the pins
on this to give output. Things like head select and direction can be
controlled by writing the correct IO port.
2) The IR port gives serial IO. You could use a little microcontroller
to convert to parallel. It is possible to get some 2x16 LCD modules that
accept serial input. Makes for a nice front panel display.
3) Buy a small USB port replicator and plug this into the internal USB
port. I have not tried the USB support yet so this might be a no-go.
Regards,
Denis.
Levi Khatskevitch wrote:
>
> Hi,
> This is off the topic again but maybe someone can help me. I need a place to
> connect two custom LEDs to my embedded system box in the way that software can
> turn them on and off. I know how to do it by soldering LEDs to parallel port
> pins but on my MS7308E it's not easy to connect to parallel port pins from
> inside the box. There are however internal motherboard connectors for serial
> (IR) and USB ports is it possible to use those ports for LEDs? What I need is
> two pins with the ability to control their output (0V or 5V) from the software.
