Friday afternoon hardware questions

[Drew Van Zandt]

Do you mean the standard 0.1" headers?  (IDE is 0.1" spacing, so if
the spacing looks the same...)

http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/item/CON-242/189/2-PIN_CONNECTOR_W_HEADER,_.10%22#34;_.html

They have assorted other random stuff as well.  LEDs are cheap, you
could even go for a 10-segment bar like this:
http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/item/BG-10G/345/10_SEG._BARGRAPH,_GREEN_.html

Or a pair of these to distinguish between controllers...
http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/item/LED-107/340/4_GREEN_LEDS,_VERTICAL_ASSEMBLY_.html

Or even these:
http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/item/LED-99/340/RED_LED_ASSEMBLY_.html

Lots of stuff out there, and soldering is easy enough.  :-)

--DTVZ