An earlier Idea For Design (“Hardware-Based LED Blinking Control Eliminates Software Overhead,” Sept. 27, 2007, p. 52) described a very interesting way to offload the software overhead required for a ...
Blinking an LED is generally considered the hardware equivalent of the classic “Hello World” project. It’s a quick and simple test to show that you’ve got the basics worked out, and a launching point ...
There are plenty of utilities out there to control keyboard LED indicators, but I'm rather interested in controlling the power LED on my headless 1U rackmount. While theoretically there are tons of ...