Stan, if you have a "second LED" idea that's functional, I'd be glad to add it to the existing design. The good thing is that I haven't ordered any of the boards yet.
stan2004 posted:Well now we're entering the eyes-glazing-over zone, but the 330 resistor is no problem in this application. The 4 mA output current characteristic for the 74HC and 74HCT family is simply a point on a curve,
I guess I should have actually downloaded the data sheet, I just saw that on the Digikey site and it caught my eye.