Custom fanspeed/voltage monitor?

[AmEv]

I've had the idea of an LCD in the side of ModCron for a while.

Problem is, LCDs don't exactly hook straight up to a VGA port.....

Part of the problem is wiring and channeling.


The other problem: What would be best? Adventure to microcontroller or 2nd mobo inside case?

[SXRguyinMA]

Easily done with an Arduino and a 16x2 LCD :D

[AmEv]

Problem is, I've already cut an 8" hole in the side.

Post #2, you see the LCD I had in there.

Planning on getting an updated one; the other one fell apart and was only 800*600.

I saw a micocontroller-vga adapter somewhere....

[RogueOpportunist]

Would a USB monitor work?

Mimo 10" (http://cgi.ebay.com/MIMO-iMo-Monster-10-1-USB-Touchscreen-Monitor-NIB-/350463793792?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item5199451a80#ht_1285wt_1139)

Proximus 7" (http://cgi.ebay.com/Proximus-Mini-7-USB-2-0-Touchscreen-Monitor-In-Box-/180669792617?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item2a10c24169#ht_1011wt_1139)

Lilliput 8" touch screen (http://cgi.ebay.com/LILLIPUT-8-UM-80-C-T-USB-POWER-TOUCH-SCREEN-MONITOR-/260554943197?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item3caa48eadd#ht_2075wt_1139)

Just a couple examples I pulled off eBay, either way they wouldn't need a video port and could be plugged directly into your MB's USB headers without much effort.

[AmEv]

USB would probably work.

Just not high priority right now; getting replacement parts is.